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Re: Does 1.3.5 apply if the form you're filling out is not about *you*?

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From: John Foliot
Date: Jul 12, 2019 8:33AM

Hi Glen,

> So with regards to 1.3.5 specifically (ignoring 1.3.6 for AAA), only the
fields that relate to *me* have to conform to 1.3.5?


Yes, you are correct. Thinking about what happens when you use the only
current technique (@autocomplete) is a useful guide as to which fields are
required to be tagged - as you rightly comment, that "pre-fill" data that
is stored on your machine is related to you, "the user", as opposed to the
parent or spouse of another user.

It has been previously noted that it would also be useful if, for example,
*all* of the fields that were looking for family name on the "fieldtrip
form" were tagged, but then when you start to think about some modern
"nuclear" families where there may in fact be multiple family names under
one roof, and you can see how it would start to also introduce additional
burden on some users (who would instead be spending time removing data from
fields).

So while this Success Criteria may seem to be very finely scoped to *just
the user*, it was done so after a fair bit of thought and discussion, and
again, your understanding is correct.

HTH

JF

On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 8:33 AM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I didn't want to start an autocomplete discussion again. I was only
> focusing on "about the user".
>
> > Well it's your child's machine (?)
> > Basically ask yourself: who does the user agent think the "user" is.
>
> No, it's my machine. The UA knows it's me. I'm filling out a fieldtrip
> form, or maybe a dentist appointment, or anything where I, as the parent,
> must fill in information about myself and fill in information about my
> child. Or maybe I'm applying for a loan and I need to fill out my
> information and my spouse's information. Or a senior home application
> where I fill out information about myself and my parent. Whatever the
> case, I'm using my computer because I'm the one filling the information
> out.
>
> So with regards to 1.3.5 specifically (ignoring 1.3.6 for AAA), only the
> fields that relate to *me* have to conform to 1.3.5?
>
> Name:
> Job Title:
> Salary:
> Spouse Name:
> Souse Job Title:
> Spouse Salary:
>
> The first two must specify "name" and "organization-title" (there is no
> input purpose defined for salary) but the spouse fields don't?
> > > > >


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