Thread Subject: Re: Comments on CLOSED REPORT

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Sun, Mar 18 2007 11:45 AM

Yes that would be true for most products.
But not if a product is 'closed'

If it is closed, by definition it can't be accessed by AT. So then the
provision kicks in. In fact all the closed provisions kick in.

On could argue that the Functional performance items make the whole closed
characteristic and rules unnecessary. But then you could say that they
would make all of the provisions unnecessary.

The problem is that people can't extrapolate well and need the detailed
guidance. We even see people doing ONLY the technical and ignoring the
Performance Criteria.

Make sense?


Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.



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> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:19 PM
> To: TEITAC self contained/closed products subcommittee
> Subject: Re: [teitac-closed] Comments on CLOSED REPORT
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> At 12:04 PM 3/18/2007, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
> >
> >1194.25 (a)
> >The report says "Proposed that self-contained is a functional
> >characteristic of either hardware or software rather than a class of
> >products. Identify that a closed product function could be
> by design,
> >policy or perhaps other reasoning. Not requiring AT will be
> changed to
> >reflect that AT is not readily available or that a choice
> has been made
> >not to be compatible with available AT."
> >
> >COMMENT: This is good. But the old provisions should still apply.
> >That is, if AT is not available/usable - then the product
> needs to be
> >usable without AT (which is what the current provision says. No?)
>
>
> But isn't that the point of the new structure? That a product
> must meet either the provisions to be accessible in at least
> one mode OR support AT?
>
>
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