Re: [Maturity] Referencing the Excel Spread Sheet

I like this approach, but it could generate a lot of user edited copies being out there.

Wondering if we should:

1. Put a “W3C draft” or other watermark in the spreadsheet or

2. Lock the cells in the spreadsheet that are not designated for user input. 

Thoughts?

Jeff



> On Aug 24, 2022, at 8:41 AM, Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I think it would be OK to put it in RQTF’s space. Any references to the spreadsheet and in the spreadsheet itself should have an editor’s explaining that it is experimental and subject to change until the final publication. We recommend that folks make a copy of it, so their version will continue to work. We can ask for feedback on the approach used in the spreadsheet if that is desired.
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Mary Jo
> IBM Accessibility Standards Program Manager
>  
> From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
> Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 3:57 PM
> To: public-rqtf@w3.org <public-rqtf@w3.org>
> Cc: APA Chairs <group-apa-chairs@w3.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Maturity] Referencing the Excel Spread Sheet
> 
> Dear All:
> 
> The current thinking is to place the .xlsx in RQTF's w3.org space and
> reference the file from within our html document.
> 
> The advantage is that it will continue to point to the latest
> spread sheet as we revise and update our document (and, of course, the
> spread sheet itself).
> 
> But, is there a disadvantage? That someone might get broken data if we
> upversion the spread sheet so that it no longer functions like the old
> one? Should we be concerned over that?
> 
> Now's a good time to work out the approach we want to use upt to the
> time we actually build a forms based interface.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
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> 
> Janina Sajka (she/her/hers)
> Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka  
> 
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures     http://www.w3.org/wai/apa  
> 
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/  
>