Update on AU document and Peterborough Meeting

To update you on the state of the Authoring Tool Guideline document. A few
weeks ago we decided during a conference call to reduce the document to  a
discussion of the structures available within authoring tools to support
the creation of accessible documents, one "trial balloon" recommendation
regarding the inclusion of meaningful alt-text and an abreviated list of
other recommendations. The thought was that this would make the document
less daunting and would allow us to evaluate the whole process from
advocating to developers, inclusion in the tools, response by users and the
effect on web pages. In discussions with Judy, Ian and Daniel we have come
full circle and are again looking at the entire document organized in
palatable chunks. We have also delayed the publishing of the document.

I also wanted to remind everyone of the Peterborough meeting, we will not
have an AU meeting. I would like to schedule an AU conference call for
Wednesday or Thursday of next week if possible at 3:00 pm EDST.  Below is a
message posted by Judy.

Thanks Jutta

Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,

Please note there is an updated agenda available for the WAI meetings in
Peterborough, UK, on July 24 and 25.  It is available at
http://www.w3.org/WAI/1998/07/agenda.html

The Peterborough meeting will include meetings of the following WAI groups:

- WAI Interest Group
- WAI Education and Outreach Working Group
- WAI User Agent Guidelines Working Group
- WAI Page Author Guidelines Working Group
- WAI Evaluation and Repair Interest Group (forming)
- WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (members and invited experts only)

Please note that this represents a change from the preliminary agenda where
the Authoring Tools working group was scheduled to meet, and the User Agent
Working Group was not.

Registration deadline is Friday, June 26.  Early registration (before June
26th) is appreciated.  The registration form is linked from the agenda page.

Hotel and venue information is linked from the agenda page as well.  Please
let Daniel (danield@w3.org) or myself know if you have additional questions.

Received on Thursday, 18 June 1998 10:29:43 UTC