Section 2.2.2 - Testing functionality (Hanno Lans)

[darthcav]

Reference

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert-tools/2014Aug/0004

Original Comment

"Some tools do not declare that they only perform automatic testing. Since it is a known fact that automatic tests only cover a small set of accessibility issues, full accessibility conformance can only be ensured by supporting developers and accessibility experts while testing in manual and semiautomatic mode." At the other hand tools exists that are not doing full-automatic testing, but only giving feedback for manual evaluation (like inline suggestions). These tools give a lot of possible errors, but are not good in detecting failures. It would be great that a user knows how many tests are done automatically, and how many tests are 'selectors' for detecting possible errors.

[nitedog]

Resolution

Partial - the terms in section 2.2.2 will be better explained through issue #54. Issue #45 will further elaborate on the scope of automatable checks.

[ysmartin]

Related to #2