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From: Jared Smith
Date: Dec 1, 2009 6:10PM

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> This is yet another example of automated tools inventing 'rules' that don't
> actually exist. The 'rule' in question may or may not be good practice in
> some circumstances, but these tools really should differentiate between
> genuine non-compliances and their made-up rules.

I'm curious what you mean. You certainly wouldn't want tools
implementing extreme views or additional elements into reports that
indicate compliance with guidelines. How can you be sure if the tool
is reporting compliance or someone's interpretation of compliance? Our
approach with WAVE is to ignore compliance and to focus on
accessibility - to show you everything we can about accessibility
issues and let you determine what that means for your site's
compliance. There are many things that WAVE detects that impact
accessibility but that are not in any accessibility guidelines. Are
you suggesting that tools should ignore important accessibility issues
that are not part of accessibility guidelines?

Jared Smith
WebAIM