Re: [affordances] Call for Participation: PWG Affordances Task Force

 Mateus and Jasmine,

Question: Is the 'affordances' the same as the term 'accommodations' that
is used in the US?

Thanks!

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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Schindler Wolfgang Dr. <w.schindler@pons.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I would love to assist in formulating PWG affordances (as far as my
> limited time resources will allow). For the calls it would be helpful for
> any European colleague to start at  12:00 EST or 12:30 EST and not in the
> afternoon EST.
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> Have a nice day!
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>
> *Von:* Teixeira, Mateus [mailto:mteixeira@wwnorton.com]
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 5. März 2018 17:23
> *An:* W3C Publishing Working Group
> *Cc:* Garth Conboy (garth@google.com); Ivan Herman; Jasmine Mulliken;
> Siegman, Tzviya - Hoboken
> *Betreff:* [affordances] Call for Participation: PWG Affordances Task
> Force
>
>
>
> Hello PWG,
>
>
>
> Following up on Tzviya’s announcement at last week’s call, Jasmine and I
> are now calling for participation in the Affordances Task Force. For a
> comprehensive overview of the ongoing discussions around affordances,
> please check the growing list of open Github issues
> <https://github.com/w3c/wpub/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Atopic%3Aaffordances>.
> [1]
>
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> The goal of this TF is to formalize the technical requirements for
> publication-specific affordances so they can be integrated into the Web
> Publications specification <https://w3c.github.io/wpub/#wp-affordances>.
> [2]
>
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>
> We welcome and encourage participation from anyone, regardless of
> self-perceived technical fluency. Affordances need input from both the
> technical and non-technical perspectives.
>
>
>
> The scope of our work, initial work items, timeline, and “administrivia”
> are all outlined in detail in the spin-up document
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BEiBAB-RU2FK2_3XZKUERfFi-nGwwFrMFvKe08e0-QQ/edit?usp=sharing>
> in Google Docs. [3]
>
>
>
> *If you are interested in joining the task force and contributing to this
> work, please respond to this email by Wednesday, 3/7.* We will schedule
> our inaugural call soon after.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Mateus and Jasmine
>
>
>
>
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> [1] https://github.com/w3c/wpub/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+
> label%3Atopic%3Aaffordances
>
> [2] https://w3c.github.io/wpub/#wp-affordances
>
> [3] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BEiBAB-RU2FK2_
> 3XZKUERfFi-nGwwFrMFvKe08e0-QQ/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
>
> ---
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>
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