Re: EOWG: Material for review, No teleconference 17 August

Good idea. I'll take a pass at it next week. Concrete suggestions welcome!

~Shawn

Justin Thorp wrote:
> On slide 3, it talks about how one of the major sections of the presentation is... 
> "What is WCAG - along with Who, Where, When, Why, and How"
> 
> Can we take a lot of the informative features that would be talked about in section 1 and move them into section 2 "What WCAG 2 gives you" or maybe talk about them more so in a section 2 way?  I think the organization and the process inherently add value to the guidelines that are produced.  It gives the users something.  It's something that needs to be brought out.
> 
> For example, the group who develops WCAG 2.0 gives you guidelines that are more comprehensive because its  a diverse international group.
> 
> The process is exhaustive and helps to guarantee that guidelines are quality and not rushed into implementation. (this is done on slide 8)
> 
> The fact that its under the W3C means that its the authoritative standard.
> 
> Metaphorically speaking, its kind of like a bottle of wine.  You can learn about wine making as just kind of "a matter of fact."  This makes wine making incredibly uninteresting and something that I wouldn't care about.  
> 
> But when you talk about how every aspect of the wine making process contributes to what you're smelling with your nose and tasting with your mouth, its incredibly compelling and makes you enjoy and get excited about the experience of wine that much more.  
> 
> Does that make sense?  *sips coffee*
> 
> cheers,
> - justin
> 
> ******************
> Justin Thorp
> US Library of Congress
> Web Services - Office of Strategic Initiatives
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>>>> Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> 8/16/2007 8:03 PM >>>
> 
> EOWG folks,
> 
> As discussed previously, we will not have a teleconference this week, 17 August. Instead, you could spend the time reviewing the WCAG 2.0 presentation, which is now filled in. <smile />
> 
> The updated draft of the WCAG 2.0 presentation, from Thursday 16 August, is available at:
> - http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/wcag20pres/wcag20intro.ppt in presentation format
> - http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/wcag20pres/wcag2intro.doc in word processing format
> 
> Please plan to review it thoroughly before the teleconference next week, and send issues to the mailing list. I hope to complete the presentation with the next 2 teleconferences.
> 
> The requirements/analysis document is at:
> - http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/changelogs/cl-wcag20pres 
> 
> Talk to you next week.
> 
> Best,
> ~Shawn
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