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Re: Dealing with ambiguous form fields when applying the new SC 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose"

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 2, 2018 2:32PM

On 02/11/2018 19:55, John Foliot wrote:
>> What if the author decides that that's not the correct /
> all-encompassing semantic meaning of that field, and decides not to add any
> autocomplete? Do we fail?
>
> Hey Patrick,
>
> do as you would do <grin>. Obviously at this early stage, we have some
> basic education required, so think of this as a teachable moment - fail or
> not is your call, not mine.

Doesn't sound like something that is unambiguously testable though, does
it? ;)

P
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