Document differences between information that can be provided for a VPAT & an OpenACR

[mgifford]

There are a number of slight optional variations so it is worth while to explain these more fully.

It is useful to have a comparison between ACR so that it is easy to see what is being added to OpenACR.

[melindaburgess]

@mgifford What do you think about a page under "Guide" that is "VPAT vs OpenACR"?

Could explain high level differences, and then dive deeper into those optional variations. It could also be where we point people from that link on the home page that says "Is this just a VPAT?"

Here's a doc where you can write down those differences, if you wish: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vXAE2PukWn7eL_IoYjWbL9OqDkGfd3F6qdjUGm1UWSk/edit

[mgifford]

Differences

VPAT	OpenACR
Instructions at the top of the document	Instructions inline in the application
Need to delete instructions	Instructions stay on OpenACR Editor
Not consistently structured	Highly structured with validation
No dashboard/summary	Live summary of completion of report
No built-in accessibility	Built in accessible HTML
No version control	Versioning by date & auto-increment
Manual progress tracking	Automated progress tracking and validation
Just one contact	Breaking out Author & Vendor contacts
No default license	Default to open license, but options for other
No mention of where the document lives	Including repository link in form
No feedback cycle	Opportunity for link for feedback to author
Need to manually delete tables	Ability to hide tables
Limited by 8.5x11 table	No limits in length
All content in tables	ability to jump from report to editor
Not machine readable	Machine readable YAML
No standard date format	Standard date format
No guidance on multi-software projects	Ability to include related ACRs
No built-in security	Built in security evaluations in editor
Usually exported as PDF	Native HTML support

[danid123]

Benefits of OpenACR: Progress tracking and validation. Not sure what the VPAT side would be for this.

Version control is on there twice.

[mgifford]

@danid123 version control is important!

Seriously though, I guess you could do some sort of version control through Word...

I'll edit the table above with these great suggestions.