- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:55:33 +0200
- To: public-wai-ert@w3.org
Hi, Ref: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/issues> Please find below a collection of some of the issues raised for the EARL 1.0 Schema document, and proposals for their resolution. Please indicate to the list if you have any thoughts or questions, on tomorrow's telecon call I'd like to turn these proposals into formal resolutions. ISSUE #8: - consider having an extensible list of outcome values (from Dominique Hazael-Massieux in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007Apr/0008.html) PROPOSAL: - While there isn't a specific request to extend the list of outcome values at this point in time, it may indeed be a better approach to allow such an extension in the future. Right now the outcome values are defined by an OWL oneOf construct, I propose we remove this construct and add the (explicit) definitions of the properties back in. - Furthermore, I propose we repeat this approach (of removing the OWL oneOf construct) for the definition of the test mode as well (note that this does not impact issues #7 & #26 on test mode). ISSUE #12: - use rdfs:comment to provide semantic descriptions rather than syntactic ones (from Dominique Hazael-Massieux in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007Apr/0008.html) PROPOSAL: - While the rdfs:comment provides some semantic descriptions, it could be further elaborated in exchange for the current syntactic description. I propose to accept this suggestion and make it an editorial issue (put in on the queue for things to be edited in the next draft revision) ISSUE #13: - description of earl:Assertor and earl:SingleAssertor only mentions persons but not organizations (from Dominique Hazael-Massieux in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007Apr/0008.html) PROPOSAL: - The description of the terms in the RDF/XML schema should reflect the descriptions in the main (normative) sections of the document. I propose we accept this suggestion and make this issue an editorial one. - I also propose a resolution for the editor to review the description for the rest of the terms (also to address issue #12). ISSUE #14: - description of earl:Content only mentions content on the Web while the intended scope is larger than that (from Dominique Hazael-Massieux in PROPOSAL: - If the proposals of issues 12 & 13 are accepted then this issue should automatically become an editorial issue. ISSUE #21: - consider representing WCAG using Test Case (from Shuaib Karim in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007Apr/0016.html) PROPOSAL: - While WCAG can be represented by using the Test Criterion class (and its subclasses), it is not the intention of the EARL 1.0 specification to define such a representation. We may work with the WCAG WG on such a representation after EARL 1.0 has become stable but for now I propose we reject this suggestion with the above rationale. ISSUE #22: - consider enriching the collected data for a broader usage (from Shuaib Karim in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007Apr/0016.html) PROPOSAL: - After some clarification from Shuaib Karim (in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007May/0001.html), it seems that this issue related back to the evidence and test descriptions that we discussed several times in the past. I propose we reject this suggestion as it goes beyond the current scope of EARL 1.0, and it can be built later on top of EARL (note issue #29 which also addresses this issue by clarifying the scope of EARL 1.0). ISSUE #29: - clarify the scope of EARL, especially its relationship to a test description language (from Shuaib Karim in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2007May/0001.html) PROPOSAL: - It seems that we indeed need to clarify the scope, especially to avoid false expectations (such as that raised in issue #21). I propose we accept this suggestion and make this an editorial issue. Regards, Shadi -- Shadi Abou-Zahra Web Accessibility Specialist for Europe | Chair & Staff Contact for the Evaluation and Repair Tools WG | World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/ | Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), http://www.w3.org/WAI/ | WAI-TIES Project, http://www.w3.org/WAI/TIES/ | Evaluation and Repair Tools WG, http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/ | 2004, Route des Lucioles - 06560, Sophia-Antipolis - France | Voice: +33(0)4 92 38 50 64 Fax: +33(0)4 92 38 78 22 |
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