Re: 5-Day CfC: Accept draft charter in 2018-10-26 form

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From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 6:23:34 AM
To: Joanmarie Diggs
Cc: ARIA Admin
Subject: Re: 5-Day CfC: Accept draft charter in 2018-10-26 form

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Janina

Joanmarie Diggs writes:
> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the ARIA Working Group on the
> question of accepting the revised draft charter (as written on
> 2018-10-26). That revision can be found at
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frawgit.com%2Fw3c%2Faria%2Fcharter%2Fcharter%2Findex.html&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997773100&amp;sdata=84gojeJts8XyGjay1jXJSO7C1YzoukGFabNgrQ0JyK0%3D&amp;reserved=0.
>
> Background
>
> The ARIA Working Group's proposed charter, found at
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2018%2F03%2Fdraft-aria-charter&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997773100&amp;sdata=%2Fe6Aozoc1ayx%2BJxSr1ORrNZs%2BnZcKeUrpo2pxlXpd6g%3D&amp;reserved=0, was presented to the
> Advisory Committee for review and approval in July. The results of that
> review were:
>
> * 35: supports this Charter as is
> * 1: abstains from this review
> * 2: suggests changes to this Charter, and only supports the proposal if
>   the changes are adopted [Formal Objection]
>
> We subsequently worked with the W3C management and the two organizations
> suggesting changes in an attempt to resolve the concerns raised, the
> bulk of which were related to the Success Criteria section of our
> proposed charter. The result of that work is the rewritten success
> criteria statement found here:
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frawgit.com%2Fw3c%2Faria%2Fcharter%2Fcharter%2Findex.html%23success-criteria&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997773100&amp;sdata=%2FCn9EIkgbxJd3PU6JsKSf1tZQduvkyeTp%2FrZfIJmdTg%3D&amp;reserved=0.
>
> This rewritten statement was reviewed by the members of the ARIA Working
> Group present at today's TPAC meeting (minutes:
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2018%2F10%2F26-aria-minutes.html%23item04&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997773100&amp;sdata=9ebzD7E9Acfu6TAlMSBxf7C6OHDpcb9Y53E2Dt70F7A%3D&amp;reserved=0). The resolution
> (found here:
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2018%2F10%2F26-aria-minutes.html%23resolution02&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997773100&amp;sdata=YPVwk6g%2FbgcTS3zRGPABAafSHRqP8cS%2B4HZO4al8EIQ%3D&amp;reserved=0) is to
> "Accept draft charter in 2018-10-26 form, send CfC to confirm during AC
> final check".
>
> For convenience, here is the new success criteria statement:
>
>     For the ARIA specifications, implementability and interoperability
>     of every feature will be demonstrated by having at least two
>     independent browser implementations of that feature. In addition,
>     for the Accessibility API Mapping specification(s), each ARIA
>     feature will be shown to have at least one implementation in each
>     of: ATK/AT-SPI2, MSAA+IAccessible2, AXAPI, and UIAutomation.
>
>     Every effort will be made to take member organizations' schedules
>     into account and to ensure all platforms are included. If needed,
>     an Accessibility API Mapping specification will be split into
>     platform-specific specifications, e.g. one for ATK/AT-SPI2, one for
>     MSAA+IAccessible2, one for AXAPI, and one for UIAutomation. This
>     will allow each platform's specification to progress along the Rec
>     track at the timeline that best suits them. For specifications which
>     are not split apart in this fashion, no platform will be dropped out
>     of the specification without prior consultation with that platform's
>     owners.
>
> We believe that this new language ensures that we do not relax the
> requirements the W3C and its member organizations expect of Working
> Groups, that we do include all platforms in our specifications, and that
> we can still progress along the Rec track in a relatively timely
> fashion. We hope that the members of the Advisory Committee will agree.
> In the meantime, as per the resolution from today's meeting, we would
> like your input on this CfC.
>
> Action
>
> This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of35
> support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though
> messages of support are certainly welcome.
>
> If you object to this proposal, or have comments concerning it, please
> respond by replying on list to this message no later than 17:00 Boston
> Time, Friday, 2 November 2018.
>
> For objections only, please copy the main public-aria@w3.org list to
> allow technical discussion of the objection to happen there.
>
> Process
>
> This CfC is conducted per the ARIA WG decision policy:
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2FARIA%2Fdecision-policy&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997783109&amp;sdata=WZRo2gfOdxf8js%2BYlASqzRDRy9mKIbrbqaNsd8GBUfQ%3D&amp;reserved=0
>

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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fa11y.org&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cv-shgubb%40microsoft.com%7C7821f8a7b9424018d74808d63d91291f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636764090997783109&amp;sdata=ptFWPcDMx7DCUf2pOurzymumftIVZFC1dlDOmCyS7YA%3D&amp;reserved=0

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