Re: CFC – Updating WCAG 2.0 Group Notes as Retired and including pointers to latest versions

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On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 12:31 Marc Johlic <marc.johlic@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 10:57 AM Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
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>> Call For Consensus — ends Friday January 11 at 12:01pm Boston time.
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>> In the WCAG 2.1 timeframe the Working Group moved the WCAG Techniques and
>> Understanding documents out of TR space to allow for more rapid updating.
>> The Working Group has since discussed a change which would mark WCAG 2.0
>> supporting documents as “retired” and direct users to the latest versions
>> where updates to Techniques and Understanding pages that support both WCAG
>> 2.0 and WCAG 2.1 are being made. The resources will continue to be
>> available, but the documents would be clearly indicating to viewers where
>> to find the up to date information.
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>> This CFC is to verify consensus to mark the following Group Notes as
>> “retired” and include a paragraph at the top that directs viewers to
>> current versions that exist:
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>>    1. Requirements for WCAG 2.0 (Group Note)
>>    2. Gateway to Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (Working Draft)
>>    3. Understanding WCAG 2.0 (Group Note) (Has current version to link
>>    to)
>>    4. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Checklist (Working Draft)
>>    5. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Checklist (Working Draft)
>>    6. Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (Group Note) (Has current version to link
>>    to)
>>    7. Requirements for WCAG 2.0 Extensions (Working Draft)
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>> If you have concerns about this proposed consensus position that have not
>> been discussed already and feel that those concerns result in you not being
>> able to live with this decision, please let the group know before the CfC
>> deadline.
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>> Thanks,
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>> AWK
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>> Andrew Kirkpatrick
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>> Head of Accessibility
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>> Adobe
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>> akirkpat@adobe.com
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