- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 06:44:45 -0500
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Forgot to CC public-html On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Three comments to consider: > > 1. In section 3.2 Liaisons, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) seems > to be missing from the list. Please consider adding it. The current > charter lists WAI and states: > > "The HTML Working Group will cooperate with the Web Accessibility > Initiative to ensure that the deliverables will satisfy accessibility > requirements. Coordination with WAI will be primarily conducted > through the Protocol and Formats Working Group, but direct > coordination with other WAI groups, such as Web Content Accessibility > Guidelines Working Group and User Agent Accessibility Guidelines > Working Group, will also be done when appropriate." > > 2. With regard to section 1.1 Success Criteria, please consider > changing the word "browser" to "user agent" or deleting the word > "browser" in the following sentence: > > "Availability of multiple, independent, interoperable browser > implementations of each deliverable with normative conformance > requirement for browser implementations, as demonstrated by an > implementation report (summarizing implementation status against the > relevant test suite)..." > > The word "browser" is too limiting. The current charter verbiage is > better as it is not as restrictive and browser centric: > > "Availability of multiple, independent, interoperable implementations > of each deliverable with conformance criteria;, as demonstrated by an > implementation report (summarizing implementation status against the > relevant test suite) for each testable class of product, including > user agents." > > 3. Steve wrote: > >> "The HTML Working Group will actively pursue convergence with the WHATWG" >> >> would be better phrased as >> >> "The HTML Working Group should ensure that its work related to HTML is >> aligned as much as is practical and reasonable with the relevant >> WHATWG standards. > > Considering the past five-year history of the situation and the > outcome to date, Steve's phrasing is more realistic. Unless we have an > action plan to "actively pursue convergence", which we believe will > indeed make concrete progress; it may be better to consider something > like Steve's suggestion. If no pragmatic, tangible plan to bring this > to fruition exists think about deleting the statement completely. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Best Regards, > Laura > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote: >> Fellow HTML Working Group members, >> >> In accordance with rechartering plans previously announced to the group by >> the HTML WG chairs[1], and outlined in the "HTML5 Stabilization Plan"[2] >> produced by the chairs, I have drafted a new HTML WG charter: >> >> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/charter/2012/ >> >> Please take time to review the draft charter and send any comments or >> questions about it to this mailing list (public-html) by June 29. >> >> --Mike >> >> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Apr/0204.html >> [2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/html5-stabilization-plan.html >> >> -- >> Michael[tm] Smith http://people.w3.org/mike > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Steve Faulkner > <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Mike, >> >> I think HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs Implementation Guide >> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-api-map/raw-file/tip/Overview.html should be >> added to the list of working group deliverables. >> >> also >> >> "The HTML Working Group will actively pursue convergence with the WHATWG" >> >> would be better phrased as >> >> "The HTML Working Group should ensure that its work related to HTML is >> aligned as much as is practical and reasonable with the relevant WHATWG >> standards. >> >> >> regards >> SteveF > > -- > Laura L. Carlson -- Laura L. Carlson
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