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Re: WCAG 2.0 validation

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Dec 3, 2014 6:38AM

> This is one of the reasons why using a tool that allows you to customize the rule set can be valuable.

Our AMP platform allows for customization of rules and has something we call "guided automatic" to assist in this area. Basically, if a page has no headings that's a likely indicator of a failure but as you correctly point out it isn't necessarily a failure, i.e. if there are no visual headings on the page. So we categorize things like this as possible violations that require human inspection. Violations such as this are exposed to the tester but aren't automatically flagged -- it requires the human to say yes and then the violation is flagged. Similarly, we identify some issues as likely to apply to all pages in a set -- i.e. potential global violations. These categorizations combined with other tools such as the ability to mark a violation as a pattern and apply the violation and its associated notes to multiple pages assists in making the testing process more streamlined and efficient. This is an area where the community as a whole should focus attention to maximize our effo
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Best Regards,

Jonathan