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accessibility_for_disabilities enums

Open klambacher opened this issue 7 years ago • 3 comments

The enums in this field are constraining values in a way that make it challenging for people to follow good guidelines for describing accessibility (https://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/acc/acc17.htm). Strongly recommend removing these enums, which are not comprehensive or descriptive enough to be useful.

klambacher avatar Aug 09 '17 14:08 klambacher

The current enums are:

  • "cd"
  • "deaf_interpreter"
  • "disabled_parking"
  • "elevator"
  • "ramp"
  • "restroom"
  • "tape_braille"
  • "tty"
  • "wheelchair"
  • "wheelchair_van"

@greggish may have insights into the history of this list.

Are there any views on the proposal to remove the enum, and leave this free-text / user specified?

timgdavies avatar Aug 09 '17 17:08 timgdavies

I suspect this was a bunch of examples, not an intentional set.

@klambacher are you saying there's already a standard set of accessibility issues?

I think it could make sense to leave free, although I'd like to hear from more stakeholders on the matter.

greggish avatar Aug 10 '17 17:08 greggish

MINOR - remove the constraint

MAJOR - refactor to taxonomy

robredpath avatar Feb 17 '20 13:02 robredpath

Closing as I cannot find reference to these enums anywhere in 3.0 via grep or the schema reference docs. I believe that since 3.0 was a MAJOR upgrade, these have been refactored to a taxonomy.

mrshll1001 avatar Nov 21 '23 13:11 mrshll1001