Re: 163 draft response - 2 additions to the document (mainly editorial). lease respond by feb 21

+1  with typo corrections below.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 8:42 AM Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks
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> Issue 163 <https://github.com/w3c/coga/issues/163> had a lot of editorial suggestion, but also  some additions to the document. To help people review the responce I have put proposed additions to the document at the top in Bold as that are the most important.
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> This is continued from h2021Feb/ <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cognitive-a11y-tf/2021Feb/0027.html> Please respond by feb 21. We will consider silence as agreement.
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> *Draft response:*
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> Thank you  for your really detailed and helpful review. We have tried to address as many of your points as we can.  Here are the details:
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> *163.1 - we will add to the introduction:
> *Note that people with cognitive and learning disabilities often also have other impairments such as motor disabilities or visual impairments. For
> example, many people with age related forgetfulness may also require higher contrast. It is always important to follow WCAG and insure the needs
> of all disabilities are addressed.*
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> *
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> 163.6
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> *We are  adding to pattern 4.4.1 "use clear word" as follows: *"**Remove or explain uncommon acronyms** and jargon.*"
> we are also adding to the examples:
> Use:    *Acronyms that are not in common use, are explained the first time they are used, and are in an acronym tag with a title after that.*
>     *Jargon is avoided or explained.*
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> Avoid:*Acronyms and jargon that the user may not know.*
> *
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> Issues 163.2, 163. 7, 163.8, 163.14, 163.17, 163.19:  We have edited the document to meet these suggestions. This includes making the terms more consistent. Specifically we intend to use the term   "*easy to understand language*" as suggested in 163. 7. For 163.14 We have added the missing heading to section 4.7.2.
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> 163.3, 163.4, 163.5, 163.9, 163.11, 163.14 163.16: Here they have asked to
> expand some sections. However we need to balance this with the need against
> other requests to shorten the document! Most of them we felt had been
> covered elsewhere in the document and we were not convinced of the benefit
> of making the document longer. We also felt 163.16 was out of scope for
> this document and that 163.11 is covered in WCAG and ARIA. 163.13 (part
> of the introduction) is especially difficult to change, without very
> strong arguments as it was written via consensus meetings between
> different groups in the W3C..
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> 163.18 Thank you for the information about arrosac, we are indeed aware of it
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> 163.12 163.20 163.21: More research would be needed for these suggestions to be included. We would be delighted if you could point us in the right direction or contribute to them. We could then try to get them in to a next version (2.0).
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> with thanks
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> The task force
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