RE: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??

+1 to WCAG-testing CG.



Jennifer Chadwick
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From: Emma Pratt Richens <Emma.Richens@bbc.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 8:03 AM
To: Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com>; Gian Wild <gian@accessibilityoz.com>
Cc: Auto-WCAG List <public-auto-wcag@w3.org>
Subject: Re: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??

I like wcag-testing CG. +1 from me.

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From: Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com<mailto:wilco.fiers@deque.com>>
Date: Saturday, 23 June 2018 at 18:50
To: Gian Wild <gian@accessibilityoz.com<mailto:gian@accessibilityoz.com>>
Cc: Auto-WCAG List <public-auto-wcag@w3.org<mailto:public-auto-wcag@w3.org>>
Subject: Re: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??
Resent-From: <public-auto-wcag@w3.org<mailto:public-auto-wcag@w3.org>>
Resent-Date: Saturday, 23 June 2018 at 18:51

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<mailto:gian@accessibilityoz.com>> wrote:
I like the idea of using the word "testing" instead of auto

Cheers,
Gian

From: Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com<mailto:wilco.fiers@deque.com>>
Sent: 22 June 2018 8:43 PM
To: public-auto-wcag@w3.org<mailto:public-auto-wcag@w3.org>
Subject: Rebranding Auto-WCAG??

Hey all,
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?

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
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
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