Prep for F2F

Charles and DanBri's RDF conformance claim scheme

This is a good start, but we need more granularity in an ER tools. For example we can say, "element X meets checkpoint 1.1." in the terms of their scheme it would be, "<conform:meets rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505#text-equivalent"/>

However, if it does not, we also need to say why. For example, "text equivalent is a filename" or some of the other heuristics "flags" we've created.

But, we could make claims based on AERT or actually, it's the technology-specific checkpoint-type of things that we've discussed for WCAG 2.0. For example, in WCAG1.0 we have Checkpoint 1.1: Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element. The specific checks under that should be:

Images - Core

1. a text equivalent
   • Communicates the same information as the non-text element.
   • Serves the same function as the non-text element.
   • May contain structured content or metadata.
   • May be easily converted to braille or speech, or displayed in a larger font or different colors. Thereby providing access to the information for someone who can not see at all, who can not see well, or who needs to supplement visual information with auditory information.

   What a text equivalent should not contain:

   1. a file name
   2. the size of the image
   3. "this is a photo" or "this is an image" and the like.

   Text equivalents may contain:

   1. "" (null alt-text) and " " (space) if the image is a space or an image (completely spell this out!!! ala the discussions on WCAG)
   2. * if the image is a bullet (or whatever it is that people agreed on)

If each of these points are given a URI, then someone could claim, I have provided alt-text and it meets checkpoint 1.1 b/c it "communicates the same info." or an evaluation tool could say, the text equivalent contains a file name and therefore most likely does not meet checkpoint 1.1.

Therefore, the conformance scheme should also contain the idea of "suspicious." So that evaluation tools can flag suspicious things that need manual checks.