WAI website resources and Content Usable document

Dear COGA Task Force participants,

Thank you for giving us 5 minutes in the teleconference today. After followup with David and seeing the minutes, I realize that I need to clarify a few very important points.

The Accessibility Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) mission is to develop strategies and resources to promote awareness, understanding, implementation, ... [of] accessibility. EOWG develops many of the resources throughout the WAI website -- which are for developers, designers, writers, project managers, policy makers, etc. in *all* industries, governments, and other fields (not just the education field). EOWG proposed pointing to information throughout the main WAI website -- not under the EO Working Group pages.

The WAI website already includes several resources that cover some sections in the "Content Usable" draft. The existing WAI resources are well vetted, and can be more easily updated to respond to comments (since they are not /TR/ docs).

* EOWG suggested that the "Content Usable" document focus on support for designers, developers, and writers. And point elsewhere for material for other audiences.

* EOWG previously requested that the COGA TF help update us the WAI resources for better coverage of cognitive accessibility issues throughout the WAI website. Key resources include:
** How People with Disabilities Use the Web (3 sub-pages) https://www.w3.org/WAI/people-use-web/
** Relevant Perspectives Video pages linked from https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos/

* EOWG requested that "Content Usable" point to existing resources on the main WAI website, and that "Content Usable" not include overlapping information on business case, older/ageing users, addressing accessibility throughout projects and organizations, usability testing, policy information, and background on cognitive accessibility. For example, remove the following sections:

** Instead of "D Appendix: Business Considerations" and "The Aging Population as a Market", point to:
- The Business Case for Digital Accessibility https://www.w3.org/WAI/business-case/
- Older Users and Web Accessibility https://www.w3.org/WAI/older-users/

** Instead of "Building the User into the Development Process" and general "Usability Testing" guidance, point to:
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility https://www.w3.org/WAI/planning/involving-users/
- Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/involving-users/
- (and maybe Planning and Managing Web Accessibility https://www.w3.org/WAI/planning-and-managing/ )

I hope this clarifies a few points. Please do let us know if there are other questions or potential misunderstandings.

Please see more input and details in the comments submitted via e-mail on 2 September in this .doc file:
 https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cognitive-a11y-tf/2020Sep/att-0005/EOWG_input_on_COGA_Content_Usable_v5.docx

Thanks so much!

Best,
~Shawn for EOWG

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<http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>

Received on Thursday, 8 October 2020 21:31:26 UTC