Thread Subject: Re: Summary of proposed new Weband Softwareprovisions

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From: Andi Snow-Weaver
Date: Tue, Apr 03 2007 3:30 PM

Looks like we have two opposing views on 22 (k).

A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be
provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of this part,
when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of
the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.

Barbara thinks it is important and SHOULD NOT be removed. David thinks it
doesn't help accessibility and SHOULD be removed.

When we discussed this provision, we determined that it was not necessary
because of the over arching principle of equivalent facilitation.
Alternative versions are already allowed by the equivalent facilitation
principle whether this provision is in the Web section or not. It is also
too restrictive in requiring a "text-only" page. The alternative version
doesn't have to be "text only". It just has to conform.

Andi

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