Re: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??

Hey all,
I had the same experience as Judy. Most people I talk to about this work is
under the impression that we're focused on accessibility tooling. Even
people that know we've got a broader scope still mostly think of
standardising accessibility tools as being the primary goal for Auto-WCAG.
While that's certainly how it started, that no longer fits with the work
that's actually going on. The two changes we've made since are these:

1. Rules no longer describe test procedures. They tell "what" to test
rather than "how" to test. In that way, what Auto-WCAG is doing is
rewriting the WCAG criteria to be atomic and remove their ambiguities. Rule
writing no longer is about writing code - how something is coded up has
become irrelevant, as long as results are consistent.

2. The distinction between what is automated, semi-automated and manual no
longer exists in rules. By keeping "Auto" in our name, this group keeps
implying that the work is mostly about automation, rather than being about
harmonising test methodologies.

I like Gian's suggestion of "testing", so something like a "wcag-testing
CG" or "accessibility testing CG".

Wilco

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 2:27 AM Gian Wild <gian@accessibilityoz.com> wrote:

> I like the idea of using the word “testing” instead of auto
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> Gian
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> *From:* Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com>
> *Sent:* 22 June 2018 8:43 PM
> *To:* public-auto-wcag@w3.org
> *Subject:* Rebranding Auto-WCAG??
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> Hey all,
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> I wanted to get some thoughts on this. Auto-WCAG was originally conceived
> with the intent to write rules for automated tools, and for semi-automated
> tools. Those were two separate categories that we'd write separate rules
> for. With the ACT Rules Format evolving the way it did, this distinction
> has largely gone away. This begs the question of: Should we remain the
> Auto-WCAG community group, or is this name no longer representative enough
> of our work that we should rebrand?
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> I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Should we rename the group, and if we
> do, what should our new name be?
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> *Wilco Fiers*
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> Senior Accessibility Engineer - Co-facilitator WCAG-ACT - Chair Auto-WCAG
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*Wilco Fiers*
Senior Accessibility Engineer - Co-facilitator WCAG-ACT - Chair Auto-WCAG