+1 echoing Shane's concerns. I am also curious about the "push back from others" regarding joint deliverables, as currently other accessibility work within the W3C is being addressed via joint Task-Forces ( https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/task-forces/css-a11y/). Are we now suggesting that this model is no longer desired? I am also cc'ing the APA on this note, as another potential source of subject matter expertise that could liaise with the SVG WG - APA has long advocated embedding accessibility SMEs in other WG's to guide and assist. However I too believe that the SVG WG should be the "owner" of the SVG AAM. JF On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Shane McCarron <shane@spec-ops.io> wrote: > Wendy, > > With regard to the AAM: > > > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org> wrote: > > >> >> > >> > We'd like to see the SVG Accessibility API Mappings (AAM) specification >> > back in scope. The HTML AAM spec is the sole responsibility of the >> > WebPlat WG (along >> > with the HTML spec), and so keeping the SVG and SVG AAM specs within the >> > same WG would seem to be a logical thing to do. >> >> We've heard others pushing back against joint deliverables, and so her >> suggest that ARIA take full "ownership" of the AAM spec, and that >> members participating in SVG are "strongly encouraged to also join the >> ARIA WG" to help the spec's progress there. >> >> > I am concerned about the inconsistency here. There will be future AAMs. > The content area experts are in the relevant working groups. This could > not be more true than in the case of SVG. The ARIA working group has great > people, and they are experts on the platform AT APIs, but it is unlikely > they will have the depth to handle the SVG nuances. If you don't want > joint deliverables, and I undertstand why, then I would encourage you to > leave this in scope for the SVG working group. ARIA can provide a liaison > if that is what is needed. > > -- > Shane McCarron > Projects Manager, Spec-Ops > -- John Foliot Principal Accessibility Strategist Deque Systems Inc. john.foliot@deque.com Advancing the mission of digital accessibility and inclusion
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