Re: Invitation to initial discussion March 17th on potential work on accessibility conformance testing

Dear All,

On Monday you received an invitation to participate in a meeting to discuss
the development of a rule set for normative accessibility conformance
testing. As promised I'm sending you the details on how to join the WebEx
call and the agenda for this meeting.

*Auto-WCAG: Conformance Testing*
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 4:00 pm
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our IRC channel, where you can also get the password if you have not
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not have an IRC client you can use: http://irc.w3.org

*Agenda*
1. Introductions

2. Problem outline:
We'll explore what are common problems that have lead to an interest for
WCAG compliance rules. The aim is to gain a common understanding of what
the goals will be to work on.

3. Stakeholders:
We'll look at who among the participants would be interested to commit
resources to the initiative. Secondly we'll explore who else should be
invited to participate.

4. Organization with W3C:
What is the best way to organize this within the W3C. Should this work be
done within a working group? If so, which one. What connections are there
to other working groups?

5. How to frame the work process:
We'll need to discuss the size of this initiative, making sure there can be
a meaningful result within a reasonable amount of time. The key questions
here are what must be developed, and in what time frame.

6. Final thoughts


Regards

Wilco Fiers, Judy Brewer, Shadi Abou-Zahra

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We have been hearing increasing interest in development of a set of rules
> for normative accessibility conformance testing for WCAG 2.0, rising at
> least in part from differences in interpretations of conformance with WCAG
> 2.0, and resulting problems in inter-rater reliability.
>
> Since the Automated WCAG Monitoring Community Group ("Auto WCAG CG") has
> already been working on related issues, we would like to explore the
> possibility of developing a proposal in the Auto WCAG CG for Recommendation
> Track work on a set of rules for normative accessibility conformance
> testing, to be developed within a W3C Working Group once better defined.
>
> Depending on people's interest, exploratory work within the Auto WCAG CG
> could include:
> - reviewing suitability for normative accessibility conformance testing of
> a variety of rule sets that have been offered to W3C/WAI for further
> development;
> - combining different rule sets within a framework that would focus first
> on automated testing, but be expandable later to semi-automated and manual
> tests, and to potential normative extensions and/or future versions of WCAG;
> - incubating an initial draft specification, possibly to include a
> normative core and informative test procedures;
> - developing a proposal for a W3C Working Group, to include:
>     * a clear problem statement;
>     * explicit success criteria;
>     * royalty-free licensing commitments;
>     * a list of interested parties.
>
> Meeting time and logistics:
> - The first meeting would occur this Thursday, March 17, at 16:00 - 17:30
> CET (the same time slot as the usual Auto WCAG CG meeting), with likely
> meetings to follow at two-week intervals.
> - Because of the daylight savings time change in the US and Canada over
> the past weekend, please note the time zone correspondences for the meeting
> this week: <
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160317T16&p1=195&ah=1&am=30
> >
> - Depending on expressions of interest, we may adjust the meeting time for
> future meetings.
> - Teleconference details to be confirmed based on the number of
> expressions of interest.
>
> If you are interested but unable to attend the initial discussion, please:
> - Let us know of your potential interest.
> - If attending the CSUN 2016 Conference in San Diego the following week,
> please note a related session
>
> http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2016/sessions/index.php/public/presentations/view/210
> - Comments, questions and suggestions welcome on the Auto WCAG WG mailing
> list: public-auto-wcag@w3.org
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Wilco Fiers, Shadi Abou-Zahra, Judy Brewer
>



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*Wilco Fiers* - Senior Accessibility Engineer