Re: ACT Rules Format 1.0 is a Web Standard "W3C Recommendation"

Dear ACT Task Force,

Many thanks and congratulations on the publication of ACT Rules Format 
as a W3C Recommendation! This is your accomplishment.

Our first official meeting was on Thursday 8th September 2016:
  - https://www.w3.org/2016/09/08-auto-wcag-minutes.html

Just about 3 years later we have fulfilled our Work Statement:
  - https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/conformance-testing/work-statement

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you who worked 
hard on making this happen. You will be forever listed in the spec:
  - https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#participants

I would also like to extend particular thanks to Wilco and Mary Jo who 
co-chaired the group and were co-editors together with Moe!

I look forward to working with you on the next phase of getting more 
rules published by the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG)!

Best,
   Shadi


On 31/10/2019 15:50, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
> Dear WAI Interest Group,
> 
> The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) and the ACT Task 
> Force published
>       Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0
> as a “W3C Recommendation” web standard at
>       https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
> 
> ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules. 
> These rules can then be shared, compared, and implemented by developers 
> of automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies. This 
> contributes to a common set of rules and harmonized interpretation of 
> Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). More info is in the ACT 
> Overview at <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/>
> 
> W3C groups are providing vetted testing rules that follow the ACT Rules 
> Format.
> 
> * Rules that are formally published by W3C WAI are listed in the 
> Overview page: 
> <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/#act-rules-repository>
> * Suggested rules in development by the ACT Rules Community Group are 
> listed at: <https://act-rules.github.io/rules/>
> 
> 
> For more information and examples of organizations already using ACT, 
> see the blog post:
>       Calibrate Your Accessibility Evaluation With ACT
> 
> https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/10/calibrate-your-accessibility-evaluation-with-act 
> 
> 
> 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)

Received on Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:28:40 UTC