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From: Paul Rayius
Date: Jan 14, 2022 10:49AM

Hi Glen,
You're right and I stand corrected, thanks. That's what I get for trying to skim read too quickly. <smile>
Paul

Paul Rayius
Vice-President of Training
CommonLook

-----Original Message-----
From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of glen walker
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 11:34 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Conforming alternate version

Hi Paul, where are you seeing that? As posted earlier, there are a list of
4 things that are required for a conforming alternative version. Point 4.1
says:

the conforming version can be reached *from* the non-conforming page via an accessibility-supported mechanism

That's saying the opposite of what you're saying.

Point 4.2 says what you're saying:

the non-conforming version can only be reached from the conforming version

The three points under #4 says at least one of the sub-points is true. So it's possible to have the non-accessible site first and then you navigate
*from* the non-accessible site to the accessible site, as long as that navigation mechanism is accessible.

I don't think anyone on this list likes conforming alternative versions but we're just discussing what is officially allowed.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 8:58 AM Paul Rayius < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi all,
> The W3C is pretty clear, when talking about alternate versions, that
> IF this option is chosen, the non-accessible site (or page, etc.)
> should be able to be navigated to *from* the accessible site (or
> page). Not the other way around.
> That might be another thing to consider about going this route.
> Best,
> Paul
>
> Paul Rayius
> Vice-President of Training
> CommonLook
>
>