Re: 48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC): Publish CAPTCHA Wide Review

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Steve

On 24/06/2019 14:03, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Colleagues:
> 
> Only messages in support of this CfC have been received. It is therefore
> agreed as a consensus decision of APA, and our publication will now move
> forward.
> 
> The head of thread for this CfC can be found at:
> 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-apa-admin/2019Jun/0003.html
> 
> Janina
> 
> Janina Sajka writes:
>> Colleagues:
>>
>> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Platform
>> Architectures (APA) Working Group seeking consensus to publish the
>> "Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA" document for a second, and we hope final, wide review.
>>
>> Yes, this is indeed our second attempt to publish a second wide review
>> draft of our CAPTCHA document. Many of you carefully read a draft in May
>> that regretably went awry. Details here:
>>
>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rqtf/2019Jun/0001.html
>>
>> The draft to review for this CfC is here:
>>
>> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/apa/e3c61aecfbd87782e31d38b1867dc94dc4478c42/captcha/index.html
>>
>> ***Background Info***
>>
>> As was true  in our previous CfC, and is yet more so now, this draft has
>> undergone yet more revision since our first wide review was published
>> early this calendar year. We received numerous excellent comments all of
>> which we believe we have now addressed. Of course, the additional
>> comments received required our Research Questions Task Force to think
>> even more deeply about the meaning and current implementations of
>> CAPTCHA Turing Tests. Thanks to the many individuals who have provided
>> substantive and editorial assistance in this effort.  If your name isn't
>> listed, please advise--because we intend to thank you formally in the
>> publication.
>>
>> Just in the past few weeks we've actually responded to several
>> additional comments and further edited our draft, so it's probably good
>> our earlier publication attempt was delayed. We do believe we are truly
>> ready at long last to proceed!
>>
>> Summaries of changes in the past month are available in the following to
>> messages in the RQTF email archive:
>>
>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rqtf/2019Jun/0042.html
>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rqtf/2019Jun/0050.html
>>
>> Please note that no substantive nor editorial changes
>> will be applied during the CfC to the above URI. However, editorial work
>> is likely to continue on the Editor's Draft which can be found here:
>>
>> https://w3c.github.io/apa/captcha/
>>
>> ***ACTION TO TAKE***
>>
>> This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of
>> support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though
>> messages of support are certainly welcome.
>>
>> We particularly welcome questions and suggested edits, though this could
>> delay publication. It's important we get this draft right.
>>
>> If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this
>> proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later
>> than 23:59 (Midnight) Boston Time, Sunday 23 June.
>>
>> NOTE: This Call for Consensus is being conducted in accordance with the
>> APA Decision Policy published at:
>>
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/decision-policy
>>
>> Thanks again to everyone who's worked to update this important document.
>>
>> Janina
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Janina Sajka
>>
>> Linux Foundation Fellow
>> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org
>>
>> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
>>
> 

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