Re: ACT Rules Format 1.0 is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

Hurray! Congratulations everyone!

Thank you Shadi for sharing this message. This is great news!

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:12 AM Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 has been
> published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation:
>    - https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
>
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 specifies a
> common format for accessibility test rules. Examples of ACT Rules
> written in accordance with this specification are continuously developed
> by the W3C ACT Rules Community Group (previously called Auto-WCAG
> Community Group):
>    - https://act-rules.github.io/rules/
>    - https://www.w3.org/community/act-r/
>
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 is a stable
> document that successfully passed several rounds of review. The
> implementation report lists examples of ACT Rules and implementations of
> these rules, to demonstrate that this specification can be applied in
> practice. We invite further development and implementation of ACT Rules
> by developers of automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies:
>    - https://w3c.github.io/wcag-act/act-implementations.html
>
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 and
> resulting ACT Rules are intended to help reduce conflicting
> interpretations in accessibility testing. Writing rules according to a
> common standard facilitates exchange and harmonization among developers.
> This allows for more transparency and reliability of accessibility
> testing, and helps increase adoption and implementation.
>
> A blog post Harmonizing Accessibility Testing provides more background
> and discussion on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT):
>    - https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/07/harmonized-accessibility-testing/
>
> Proposed Recommendation means that the specification is ready for final
> sign-off by W3C Member organizations. Comments from the public are
> welcome too. Proposed Recommendation and other document stages are
> introduced in How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C
> Process at:
>    - http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process
>
> Please follow the instructions in the Status of This Document section if
> you want to comment on this document. If you work for a W3C Member
> organization, please ask your Advisory Committee (AC) Representative to
> provide feedback. Comments are welcome through 24 September 2019:
>    - https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#status
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for
> your comments and support.
>
> Regards,
>    Andrew Kirkpatrick, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
>    Alastair Campbell, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
>    Wilco Fiers, ACT TF Facilitator,
>    Mary Jo Mueller, ACT TF Facilitator,
>    Michael Cooper, Accessibility Guidelines WG W3C Staff Contact,
>    Shadi Abou-Zahra, ACT TF W3C Staff Contact
>
> --
> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>


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*Wilco Fiers*
Axe product owner - Co-facilitator WCAG-ACT - Chair ACT-R / Auto-WCAG