Reminder: September 24, 2025 - Global-Inclusion Community Group Meeting

Hi everyone.

Our next meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday, *September 24, 2025* at the
following time:

UTC NY EST
UTC -4 London
UTC +1 CEST
UTC +2 Jerusalem
UTC +3 Delhi / IST
UTC +5:30 Tokyo
UTC +9
13:00:00 9:00 AM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 6:30 PM 10:00 PM

*Agenda:*


   - Review version 2 pattern drafts:
   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pnaq0fVSLsYDmrC_kpBkvE5fRALe2Jfo0Ff5H3azXcY/edit?usp=sharing
   - Review a research-based communication guideline developed for public
   administrations to better serve autistic citizens:
   https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395700660_Decaleg_pautes_atencio_al_public_amb_TEA
   .
   - Review the definition of Internationalization and Localization
   <https://deploy-preview-762--i18n-drafts.netlify.app/questions/qa-i18n.en.html>
   provided by the Internationalization Working Group. “In a nutshell:
   Designers and developers internationalise products, so that they can be
   easily localised by translators and localisers.”
   - Review Script Comparison Table
   <https://r12a.github.io/scripts/script-features/>, provided by Richard
   Ishida from the Internationalization Working Group. Determine if this might
   meet the need we were targeting with our tables.
      - Richard’s feedback on our alternative table: “In the 'alternative
      table' i'm not clear about why diacritics are called out (and
why cedillas
      are on a separate line).  It seems to me that the primary
function is less
      important than accessibility issues such as whether they are
legible (or in
      some cases even present), whether they should or should not be
included in
      search keys, etc.  Note, btw, that Thai tone marks, etc, are
also a type of
      diacritic.  The table doesn't appear to have a clear objective, since it
      mixes rows related to diacritics with rows related to script types.”
   - Consider making a user story for "Cognitive Accessibility Issue Papers
   - Voice Systems and Conversational Interfaces
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B1vCqlU1IF5UmqxhJAy8Khdi-kRQNPalVX8f3lCMr7w/edit?usp=sharing>"
   that addresses localization and internationalization - using “Care
   Management” vs. “Healthcare Management” as an example. Will need to draft
   the user story in a different document.
   - Review the tables under the Action Items heading
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TeGEsD1JVf7L9bFW3_e7YTnqtmUnpTldJhD6N16ElAU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.tkl2miatc2i4>
   from our July 30, 2025 meeting. These tables will help provide feedback on
   proposed guidance and help inform testing considerations for different
   languages - please check Julie Rawe’s comment in the July Tab
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q3eVdTVfErkeXMukdiNVRC1MgIDMv_2FrgJ_62silfE/edit?tab=t.7qp43a3keop#heading=h.7crn40hv0nhj>
   in response to the question about whether a table would help.


*Meeting Minutes - Google Doc Version*
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TeGEsD1JVf7L9bFW3_e7YTnqtmUnpTldJhD6N16ElAU/edit?usp=sharing>

*Join the Meeting
<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3436291299?pwd=OC9WbjZPZEdLUEgxSXRyaUFzUTlIUT09>*

Connect to the *IRC Channel*
<https://webirc.w3.org/#/connect?channels=global-inclusion>

Please let me know if you would like to have time on the agenda for any
other topics. I look forward to talking with all of you!

Many thanks,

*Jan McSorley*
*Accessibility Consultant*
*512-731-7957 (mobile)*
linkedin.com/in/janmcsorley <https://www.linkedin.com/in/janmcsorley>
@jmcsorle.bsky.social

*We put a man on the moon in the 1960's. Surely we can make information
technology fully accessible to people with disabilities. It can be done. It
must be done. It will be done!*