- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:42:27 -0600
- To: Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>, "public-html-a11y@w3.org" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, "Sam Ruby (rubys@intertwingly.net)" <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "Maciej Stachowiak (mjs@apple.com)" <mjs@apple.com>, "Philippe Le Hegaret (plh@w3.org)" <plh@w3.org>, "Michael(tm) Smith (mike@w3.org)" <mike@w3.org>
Hi Paul, Thank you. Best Regards, Laura On 3/2/11, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com> wrote: > Per the W3C process [1], the Chairs may reopen a decision when presented > with new information. In the case of the decision regarding ISSUE-30 > (longdesc), the decision itself specifically cites [2] "use cases that > specifically require longdesc" as an example of new information that we were > seeking. > > > > The chairs have received [3] a request to reopen this decision based on new > information. While we are skeptical that some portions of this does not > meet the bar (e.g., "new research"), we feel that the New Formal Use Cases > Requiring Longdesc [4] do in fact merit consideration by the wider work > group. > > > > The Chairs therefore reopen ISSUE-30 as a Last Call issue. > > > > As these use cases clearly took considerable time to prepare -- and we > commend the thoroughness of this analysis -- we feel it is important that > the Working Group be given adequate time to evaluate this data, and > potentially either rebut it or prepare Alternate Change Proposals based on > this new information. At this time we expect to issue a call for such > proposals in May when we have made more progress to getting the current > HTML5 specifications into Last Call. > > > > Paul Cotton > > on behalf of the HTML WG co-chairs > > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies#WGChairReopen. > > [2] > > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html > > [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Feb/0394.html > > [4] > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc#New_Formal_Use_Cases_Requiring_longdesc > > > > Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada > 17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3 > Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329 > > -- Laura L. Carlson
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