RE: Call for Consensus (CfC): Comments on WCAG2ICT

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Matthew Atkinson
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Samsung Electronics
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janina Sajka (janina@rednote.net) <janina@rednote.net>
> Sent: 30 July 2024 18:36
> To: public-apa-admin@w3.org
> Subject: Call for Consensus (CfC): Comments on WCAG2ICT
> 
> Colleagues:
> 
> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Platform
Architectures (APA)
> Working Group proposing three APA comments on "Applying WCAG 2 to Non-
> Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)"  as
> requested in this github issue:
> 
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> 
> ***Proposed APA Comments***
> 
> ***Issue #1
> 
> APA appreciates the proposed Introduction section,  but we believe that it
> would be helpful to mention the POUR principles explicitly, and to clarify
the
> intended audience, and to reinforce the importance of obtaining user
feedback
> when testing. We offer the following draft paragraph.
> 
> "This document provides informative guidance on mapping WCAG to non-web
> ICT contexts. Readers are encouraged to keep in mind the core framing
> principles which undergird WCAG Success Criteria and are commonly
> expressed by the acronym, POUR: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and
> Robust. Developers are also strongly encouraged to obtain testing input
from
> persons with disabilities using applications and content. The sections
below
> provide further details on how individual success criteria may be
interpreted
> outside of the web context."
> 
> ***Issue #2
> Seeking clarity for key term 'underlying platform software'
> 
> Throughout most of the document, we understand the following uses of two
> key terms:
> * 'Web content' is generally replaced by either 'content' or 'software' -
i.e.
> instead of a web page, we may be considering an app running on a system.
> * 'User agent' is generally replaced by [1]'platform software' - which is
defined
> as 'software that runs on an underlying software or hardware layer and
that
> provides a set of software services to other software components'. To us,
this
> reads as 'the OS, or libraries installed on the system'.
> 
> However, in some SCs (and one glossary entry) the following terms are used
> instead of the above two:
> * 'Underlying platform software' seems to be used to mean what we
> understood 'platform software' to mean above (i.e. the OS, or libraries
installed
> on the system).
> * 'Platform software' seems to be used to mean 'an app (running on an OS
> instead of within a user agent)'
> 
> This relates to the following SCs, and a glossary definition:
> 
> * 2.5.1 (non-web software branch)
> * 2.5.2 (non-web software branch)
> * 2.5.7 (non-web software branch)
> * 3.3.8 * Glossary entry 'keyboard interface'
> 
> What are we asking for?
> 
> * If we understand the definitions of the terms correctly, then it seems
like
> there could be an inconsistency with some SCs, as they use the phrase
> 'underlying platform software'.
> * However, if we don't understand correctly, and there is a distinction
between
> 'platform software' and 'underlying platform software', would it be
possible to
> clarify the use of 'underlying platform software' - perhaps adding it to
the key
> terms?
> 
> ***Issue #3
> Closed functionality list - suggested additions
> 
> Section in document: [2]Closed functionality list
> 
> The closed functionality list is accommodating, but could be expanded to
> include the following:
> 1. Medical devices such as digital blood pressure monitors, glucose
metres, or
> other wearable devices.
> 2. Educational devices like whiteboard, smart boards.
> 3. Gaming platforms or consoles.
> 
> It's noted that some games consoles have extensive accessibility features
> (especially with respect to controller hardware, and sometimes including
TTS
> functionality) but that, as per the note in this section of the document,
not all
> of these aspects are open to user choice.
> 
> ***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.
> 
> 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, Friday 2 August.
> 
> As always with an APA CfCs, editorial corrections, such as spelling or
grammar,
> will be made as needed without further notice.  Please do draw our
attention
> to any editorial issues you find in this draft.
> 
> 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
> 
> Janina and Matthew
> APA Co-Chairs
> 
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> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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> 
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