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Update act-rules-format.bs for secondary req and acc support #540

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Expand Up @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ A secondary accessibility requirement is a requirement that is correlated with t

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 <em class="rfc2119">may</em> map the accessibility requirement as Secondary. When an ACT rule maps to a Secondary requirement, it <em class="rfc2119">must</em> 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, limitations or differences in [accessibility support](#accessibility-support) shall not be a reason for that requirement to be a secondary accessibility requirement.
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Should we replace "shall" with either "should" or "must"?

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    +1 to "should"         

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Not sure about the word "limitations" here. Does not "differences" express by itself what we mean here?

Some scenarios when a rule will have Secondary requirements include:

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