From 8ea041a8a6460a928d56f848f32ffb2a74b9c5de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kathy Eng Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:51:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update act-rules-format.bs for secondary req and acc support (#540) * Update act-rules-format.bs Add Secondary requirements and accessibility support conclusion * Update act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs * Update act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs Co-authored-by: Wilco Fiers --------- Co-authored-by: Wilco Fiers Co-authored-by: Daniel Montalvo <49305434+daniel-montalvo@users.noreply.github.com> --- act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs b/act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs index af05d86..a627189 100644 --- a/act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs +++ b/act-rules-format/act-rules-format.bs @@ -225,7 +225,9 @@ Rules that can be used to determine if an accessibility requirement is *satisfie A secondary accessibility requirement is a requirement that is correlated with the rule, but for which the rule is not designed to test. The outcome of the rule impacts the result of the accessibility requirement, but the rule is not intended to test the conformance of that requirement. This correlation often results in some of the rule's test cases not satisfying the secondary accessibility requirement. -When the rule is not designed to test the accessibility requirement, or failed outcomes of the rule still require further testing for the accessibility requirement, the rule may map the accessibility requirement as secondary. When an ACT rule maps to a secondary requirement, it must include an explanation of why that requirement is secondary. +When the rule is not designed to test the accessibility requirement, or failed outcomes of the rule still require further testing for the accessibility requirement, the rule may map the accessibility requirement as Secondary. When an ACT rule maps to a Secondary requirement, it must include an explanation of why that requirement is Secondary in the Background section of the rule. + +When the rule is designed to test an accessibility requirement, differences in [accessibility support](#accessibility-support) must not be a reason for that requirement to be a secondary accessibility requirement. Some scenarios when a rule will have Secondary requirements include: