Re: [TIME SENSITIVE] 48 hours left for Verifiable Credentials charter vote

One of the primary a11y use cases here is to be able to assert that one has
a disability and that one is approved/eligible (local geophically) to local
government services.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 11:30 AM lisa.seeman <lisa.seeman@zoho.com> wrote:

> Hi John
> This is an interesting perspective. I think it could be prt of the "module
> 4" proposal for personlization and scalability
> There was a earl working group a while ago, and we can use that.
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> All the best
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> Lisa Seeman
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> ---- On Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:33:32 +0200 *John Foliot
> <john.foliot@deque.com <john.foliot@deque.com>>* wrote ----
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> Hi Manu,
>
> Thanks for this. You pose a good question, and I am taking the liberty of
> forwarding this to the APA WG (Accessible Platform Architecture WG), who is
> the 'parent' to two potentially relevant Task Forces: the Personalization
> TF and the Research Questions TF.
>
> I'm asking Janina to add this to our next APA agenda, and we'll endeavour
> to get back to you shortly.
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> Ref: https://www.w3.org/2019/11/proposed-vc-wg-charter-2019.html
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> JF
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> It does intersect w/ that work, but I think the larger benefit to a11y
> is that a Verifiable Credential enables an individual with accessibility
> needs to declare those needs in a machine readable way, and in a way
> that an authority can assert to be true.
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> In other words, you can interact with a website and state "these are my
> ADA accessibility needs as tested by XYZ Testing Company", and then the
> website/software could craft the experience accordingly.
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> My hope is that we can work with the a11y community to create an
> Accessibility Needs Verifiable Credential in the coming year or two that
> can be used during log in to sites like US Veterans Affairs, hospitals,
> epublishing sites, etc.
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> What will be the most effective way to make that happen?
>
> -- manu
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> *John Foliot* | Principal Accessibility Strategist | W3C AC Representative
> Deque Systems - Accessibility for Good
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Received on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 16:58:56 UTC