Re: Call for Implementations: ACT Rules Format 1.0 Candidate Recommendation

Thanks for the heads up Mark!

wilco

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:55 PM Mark <mark@sadecki.com> wrote:

> Github post: https://github.com/w3c/wcag-act/issues/365
>
> Cyxtera intends to provide feedback and an implementation report for the
> Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules Format 1.0.  However, as a new
> member to the AGWG and ACT-Rules TF, we regret that we will not be able to
> submit this work by May 28, 2019.  We do expect to be able to submit both
> feedback and an implementation report by June 11, 2019.  Our hope is that
> this contribution will still be useful as ACT-Rules makes progress towards
> 1.0.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Mark Sadecki
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:29 AM, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
> wrote:
> Dear ACT TF and ACT Rules CG,
>
> The ACT Rules Format 1.0 has been formally published as W3C Candidate
> Recommendation - now it is time for us to demonstrate implementations!
>
> Congratulations to everyone involved in this work!
>
> Regards,
> Shadi
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Call for Implementations: ACT Rules Format 1.0 Candidate
> Recommendation
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:17:34 +0200
> From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
> To: public-wai-announce@w3.org
> CC: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>, Alastair Campbell
> <acampbell@nomensa.com>, Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com>, Mary Jo
> Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com>, Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, Shadi
> Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
>
> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
>
> The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG) has published a
> Candidate Recommendation of Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT)
> Rules Format 1.0:
> https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
>
> *Changes*
> This updated draft of Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules
> Format 1.0 is complete and ready for implementation testing. It
> addresses all comments received on the previous drafts with several
> important clarifications on different requirements. Most importantly,
> "Accessibility Requirements Mapping" was elaborated for clarity. An
> Implementation Report documenting ACT Rules that implement this rules
> format will be gathered here:
> https://w3c.github.io/wcag-act/act-implementations.html
>
> *Background*
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 specifies a
> common format for accessibility test rules, and how to write test
> procedures for quality assurance. It facilitates harmonization of
> accessibility testing approaches, and helps organizations to better
> document and share their testing methods. It primarily addresses
> developers of automated and semi-automated evaluation tools, and also
> supports manual evaluation procedures.
>
> *Implementations*
> The Working Group requests example ACT Rules implemented in a variety of
> automated testing tools and manual methodologies to help demonstrate
> maturity of this specification. To submit potential implementations and
> to comment, the Working Group requests input be filed as GitHub issues at:
> https://github.com/w3c/wcag-act/issues/
>
> Please create new issues for your comments, putting each separate topic
> into a separate issue. If it is not feasible for you to file issues in
> this tool, you can also submit comments by email to:
> public-wcag-act-comments@w3.org
>
> The Working Group requests comments on this draft be filed by 28 May 2019.
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for
> your comments.
>
> 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