- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:22:04 -0500
- To: WAU-ua <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Please note the extension of the review period for WCAG 2.0 Last Call
Working Draft. The new deadline is 22 June 2006.
Thank you,
- Jim
>Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:04:46 -0400
>To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
>Subject: Extending Deadline on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Review [was: Fwd:
>Call for Review: Last Call Working Draft of Web Content
>Accessibility Guidelines 2.0]
>Cc: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, Wendy Chisholm
><wendy@w3.org>, Ben Caldwell <caldwell@trace.wisc.edu>
>Bcc: Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@adobe.com>, Judy Brewer
<jbrewer@w3.org>
>
>Dear WAI Interest Group Participants:
>
>Please note that the deadline for comments on WCAG 2.0 has been
>extended by three weeks. The new deadline is now Thursday 22 June
>2006 instead of 31 May 2006, to allow more time due to the wider
>attention that this Last Call Working Draft is receiving. We thank
>early commenters for the numerous constructive comments that the
>Working Group has already received; the Working Group is already
>working on your comments. Please also note the following
>clarifications with regard to the review process.
>
>1. The deadline for comments on the Last Call Working Draft only
>applies to the Guidelines document itself. The supporting documents
>("Understanding WCAG 2.0" and "Techniques for WCAG 2.0") do not have
>a deadline for comments, though you may find them helpful in
>understanding or implementing the provisions in the guidelines. We
>welcome comments on the supporting documents in addition to comments
>on the guidelines, but we encourage you to focus your attention on
>the relatively short guidelines document itself during the review
>period.
>
>2. While the Working Group has provided a form for comment
>submissions, you may also email comments directly to the comments
>list without the form. Some commenters have already done this; we've
>now made this more obvious in the commenting instructions [1].
>However, if you do use the comments form, it will give the Working
>Group consistent and specific information that can help them better
>understand and address the issues that you raise.
>
>3. Under W3C Process, a "Last Call Working Draft" is not the last
>step before the document is finished; neither is it the beginning of
>the review process. This Last Call Working Draft follows a series of
>Public Working Drafts that have been previously circulated for
>comment, and the Working Group has already incorporated extensive
>contributions from those reviews. Last Call Working Draft is one of
>the most important stages at which to comment; however it is
>followed by another stage, Candidate Recommendation, where reviewers
>can submit comments based on implementations of WCAG 2.0; then by
>Proposed Recommendation, when W3C Members review it for approval as
>a Recommendation. Please see the original call for review further
>down in this message, and the commenting instructions [1], which
>provide more information on these stages.
>
>Review comments are extremely valuable to W3C/WAI. One of the
>strengths of W3C/WAI's process is that it encourages broad public
>review and participation from many different perspectives. We have
>received contributions throughout the course of developing WCAG 2.0
>from individuals and organizations around the world, including
>disability organizations, industry, Web developers research,
>education, government, and other areas, as well as contributions
>throughout the process from the diverse membership of the WCAG
>Working Group itself.
>
>If you haven't yet, I encourage you to read the guidelines while
>they are in Last Call Working Draft; evaluate them against your own
>needs and expectations; then share with the Working Group your
>comments on what you think needs to change in the document. As with
>any W3C group during Last Call, the WCAG Working Group will review
>and respond to all comments received on the Last Call Working Draft.
>Your comments help us to create the best and most usable document
>that we can.
>
>Thank you in advance for your comments.
>
>Regards,
>
>- Judy
>
>[1] How to comment on WCAG 2.0 http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/
>
>>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:57:28 -0700
>>To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
>>From: Wendy Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
>>Subject: Call for Review: Last Call Working Draft of Web Content
>> Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
>>Cc: jbrewer@w3.org, john_slatin@forum.utexas.edu, po@trace.wisc.edu,
>> Ben Caldwell <caldwell@trace.wisc.edu>
>>
>>Dear WAI Interest Group Participants:
>>
>>A Last Call Working Draft of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
>>(WCAG 2.0) as well as two supporting documents were published 27 April
2006.
>>W3C strongly encourages broad community review of this Last Call Working
>>Draft, and submission of comments on any issues which you feel could
present
>>a significant barrier to future adoption and implementation of WCAG 2.0.
>>(Note that only the WCAG 2.0 is in Last Call and only the WCAG 2.0 will
>>become a Recommendation. Understanding WCAG 2.0 and Techniques for WCAG
2.0
>>are being developed to support WCAG 2.0, and will be released as Working
>>Group Notes when WCAG 2.0 becomes a Recommendation.)
>>
>>In particular, we encourage you to comment on the conformance model and
>>success criteria. Reviewers are encouraged to provide suggestions for how
to
>>address issues as well as positive feedback, and commitments to implement
>>the guidelines. This message contains information on the documents and
how
>>to comment.
>>
>>Comments should be received on or before 31 May 2006.
>>Comments should be made in one of four formats:
>> * online form,
>> * downloadable excel form,
>> * downloadable html form, or
>> * downloadable text form.
>>Instructions and downloadable files for all are available at:
>><http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/>
>>
>>WCAG 2.0 addresses accessibility of Web content for people with
>>disabilities. It will apply to a wider range of Web technologies than WCAG
>>1.0, and is intended to be understandable to a wider audience.
>>
>>Note:
>>Until WCAG 2.0 becomes a W3C Recommendation, WCAG 1.0 will continue to be
>>the current and stable document to use. Most Web sites that conform to
WCAG
>>1.0 should not require significant changes in order to conform to WCAG
2.0,
>>and may not need any changes.
>>
>>This 27 April 2006 release of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
>>is a Last Call Working Draft by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
>>Working Group (part of the Web Accessibility Initiative). Publication as a
>>Last Call Working Draft indicates that the WCAG WG believes it has
addressed
>>all substantive issues and that the document is stable (see below for more
>>information on subsequent stages). The first public Working Draft of WCAG
>>2.0 was published 25 January 2001. Since then, the WCAG WG has published
>>nine Working Drafts, addressed more than 1,000 issues, and developed a
>>variety of supporting resources for the guidelines.
>>
>>A good place to start a review of WCAG 2.0 is with the
>>"Overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Documents."
>>The Overview explains the relationships between WCAG 2.0 and the
supporting
>>documents, and links to the current version of each document.
>>The Overview is available at:
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20>
>>
>>The documents published on 27 April 2006:
>> - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
>> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/>
>> - Understanding WCAG 2.0
>> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20060427/>
>> - Techniques for WCAG 2.0
>> <http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/>
>>
>>The WCAG WG believes that after Last Call, WCAG 2.0 will be ready to move
on
>>to the remaining stages of the W3C Recommendation Track Process:
>> * Candidate Recommendation - when the WCAG WG will collect
implementation
>>experience on use of WCAG 2.0 to design and evaluate Web content for
>>accessibility;
>> * Proposed Recommendation - when W3C will seek endorsement of the
>>specification from W3C Member organizations;
>> * Recommendation - when WCAG 2.0 will be published by W3C as a
technical
>>report appropriate for widespread deployment and the promotion of W3C's
>>mission.
>>
>>Note that the WCAG WG will start collecting implementation examples early
in
>>the Last Call review period. Please visit the WAI home page for more
>>information. <http://www.w3.org/WAI/>
>>
>>Additional information about the WCAG WG is available at:
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/>
>>A list of changes to WCAG 2.0 since the previous draft is available at:
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/change-history.html>
>>
>>Note:
>>This message may be circulated to other lists, avoiding cross-postings
>>where possible.
>>
>>
>>Thank you in advance for your comments,
>>
>>Wendy Chisholm - W3C Team Contact for WCAG WG
>>Gregg Vanderheiden - Co-chair of WCAG WG, and Director of Trace R&D
Center,
>>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>>John Slatin - Co-chair of WCAG WG, and Director of the Accessibility
>>Institute at Univerity of Texas at Austin
>>Judy Brewer - Director, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C
>
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>Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI
>Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C)
>MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G530
>32 Vassar Street
>Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
--
Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C)
MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G530
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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