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

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
> 

-- 

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

Received on Monday, 24 June 2019 13:04:08 UTC