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The Accessibility Working Group is proposing that the following Priority 2 Guidelines not be added and that the following existing Design Requirements be removed:
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 5. Avoid/Limit the use of bitmap images of text, unless a textual alternative is also provided.
WCAG Guideline: 3
WCAG Checkpoint: 3.1
WCAG Priority: 2
WCAG Category: In General
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-use-markup
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized version).
WCAG Guideline: 5
WCAG Checkpoint: 5.3
WCAG Priority: 2
WCAG Category: Tables
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-avoid-table-for-layout
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 7.4 Until user agents provide the ability to stop the refresh, do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages.
WCAG Guideline: 7
WCAG Checkpoint: 7.4
WCAG Priority: 2
WCAG Category: In General
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-no-periodic-refresh
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 7.5 Until user agents provide the ability to stop auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. Instead, configure the server to perform redirects.
WCAG Guideline: 7
WCAG Checkpoint: 7.5
WCAG Priority: 2
WCAG Category: In General
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-no-auto-forward
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 12.2 Describe the purpose of frames and how frames relate to each other if it is not obvious by frame titles alone.
WCAG Guideline: 12
WCAG Checkpoint: 12.2
WCAG Priority: 2
WCAG Category: Frames
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-frame-longdesc
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites.
WCAG Guideline: 13
WCAG Checkpoint: 13.2
WCAG Priority: 2
WCAG Category: In General
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-use-metadata
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 5.5 Provide summaries for tables.
WCAG Guideline: 5
WCAG Checkpoint: 5.5
WCAG Priority: 3
WCAG Category: Tables
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-table-summaries
In the Current policy?: No
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 5.6 Provide abbreviations for header labels.
WCAG Guideline: 5
WCAG Checkpoint: 5.6
WCAG Priority: 3
WCAG Category: Tables
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-abbreviate-labels
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 6. Consider beginning lists with a descriptive identifier and the number of items so the users will have an idea of what the list represents and the total length of the list. Using numbers instead of bullets will also help the user to remember items that
WCAG Guideline: 13
WCAG Checkpoint: 13.8
WCAG Priority: 3
WCAG Category: In General
Section 508 Standard: N/A
Link to Techniques: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-front-loading
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 2. Minimize the file size and number of images you display on any one page.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category: N/A
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 4. Ensure that text can always be clearly read at any location against the background.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category: N/A
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 1. End all sentences, headers, list items, etc. with a period or other suitable punctuation.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category: N/A
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 4. Avoid the unnecessary use of icons, graphics and photographs.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 5. Use plain backgrounds and simple layouts to improve the readability of text.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 8. Include textual as well as graphical navigation aids.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 9. Do not abbreviate dates; for example, use December 1, 2000 rather than 12/1/00.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 4. Minimize the number of hyperlinks that appear in a single line of text - one hyperlink is best; consider using vertical lists for links wherever possible.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 1. Keep the number of colors in your images to a minimum.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 3. Design your background image at the lowest color depth and resolution you can.
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
In the Current policy?: Yes
In the Proposed policy?: No
Requirement: 5. (a) Avoid/Limit using image maps
WCAG Guideline: N/A
WCAG Checkpoint: N/A
WCAG Priority: N/A
WCAG Category:
Section 508 Standard: N/A
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