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Comment LC-939
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Commenter: Gottfried Zimmermann <gzimmermann@acm.org> on behalf of Invited expert on W3C PF

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The note in section "Conformance notes" states conformance for the case of content negotiation. The requirement that only the page returned with no content negotiation needs to comply with WCAG 2.0 is too weak, with regard to content negotiation for alternate language delivery. A page should comply for all of its language versions.

As an example, consider a website where only the English version (default for content negotiation on language) is accessible according to WCAG 2.0. The website could claim conformance although all non-English users would get inaccessible web pages through their user agents.

Proposed Change:

Add to the note: "Exception: This note does not apply for alternative language versions being delivered through content negotiation. A Web unit conforms to WCAG 2.0 only if all its language versions conform."
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