[COGA] 2.6.3 Communicating in Language that is Clear, Simple, and Appropriate to the Audience

[RealJoshue108]

[Added on behalf of COGA TF]

• REQ 21a: Expand to make clearer what this REQ means, as noted here in brackets: “Use language (including vocabulary and syntax) that is no more complex than is necessary for clear communication. [Add: This includes using a simple verb tense and simple sentence structure. Avoid unnecessary words, double negatives, and nested clauses.]”
• REQ 21c: Please expand on what you mean by “Provide a mode of operation in which simpler language than the default can be requested.” What is the goal? Is it simpler language, or more direct language like removing the personality?
• REQ 21d: COGA TF recommends shortening this REQ to avoid unnecessary callout: “Provide definitions or explanations of terms that are likely to be unfamiliar to intended users of the system [remove: , including users who may have learning or cognitive disabilities].
• Note after REQ 21d: Please expand this resources section, as noted here in brackets: “See WCAG 2.1 [add: WCAG21], success criteria 3.1.3, 3.1.4, and 3.1.5 [Add:, and Making Content Usable for People With Cognitive and Learning Disabilities, in particular Objective 3: Use Clear and Understandable Content.]”
• New User Need and REQ: Add user need about people who have difficulty with numerical concepts (dyscalculia). The REQ could be to let users select a different way of representing numerical concepts that isn’t strictly number-based. E.g., instead of stating the temperature, state that it is “comfortably warm, typically considered t-shirt weather.” (To help build out this user need and REQ, see Making Content Usable’s 4.4.13 Provide Alternatives for Numerical Patterns.)

[RealJoshue108]

ack suggested New User Need and REQ: Add user need about people who have difficulty with numerical concepts (dyscalculia).

[RealJoshue108]

@jasonjgw @RealJoshue108 to work on editorial suggestions for the top editorial suggestions

[RealJoshue108]

@joshueoconnor The suggested user requirement looks like a personalisation thing to me

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Discussed by Research Questions Task force https://www.w3.org/2022/01/19-rqtf-minutes.html