Re: Edited TF Description

Sounds good to me. Accurate.
sent from my phone

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 2:02 PM Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> What would you say to:
>
>
> the Research Questions (RQ) Task Force identifies accessibility barriers
> and knowledge gaps in emerging and future web technologies, publishes
> research findings to assist in ameliorating those gaps and barriers, and
> supports APA horizontal review activities
>
> Jason J.G. White writes:
> > I propose to return to Janina?s original text, which captures the point
> at least as well as anything I would offer. I?m open to minor edits for
> clarity, but I really want to push back on whoever redrafted it, especially
> in view of the unanimous agreement it received within the Task Force,
> indeed, without any need for discussion.
> >
> > The text was as follows (taken from meeting minutes). Note that we
> agreed on it unanimously and without any concerns.
> >
> >
> > the Research Questions (RQ) Task Force supports the Accessible Platform
> Architectures (APA) working Group by identifying accessibility barriers and
> knowledge gaps in emerging and future web technologies; by publishing
> >
> > research findings to assist in ameliorating those gaps and barriers;
> and, when feasible, by supporting APA's horizontal review activities as
> those technologies mature and are normatively specified.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
> > Date: Friday, February 28, 2025 at 14:31
> > To: Jason J.G. White <jason@jasonjgw.com>
> > Cc: public-rqtf@w3.org <public-rqtf@w3.org>
> > Subject: Re: Edited TF Description
> >
> > Feel free to make a suggestion, Jason!
> >
> > Jason J.G. White writes:
> > > Thank you, Janina, for the opportunity to review.
> > >
> > > In the second clause, there is a reference to ?research findings?, but
> it isn?t clear that these findings include proposed strategies for
> addressing the barriers and knowledge gaps. One could easily read this
> description as asserting that the Task Force only identifies the problems
> and doesn?t try to offer any guidance or solutions. This may not be the
> intended interpretation, but that?s how the text reads.
> > >
> > > From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
> > > Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 13:24
> > > To: public-rqtf@w3.org <public-rqtf@w3.org>
> > > Subject: Edited TF Description
> > >
> > > Colleagues:
> > >
> > > The management edited description for RQTF is now proposed as follows:
> > >
> > > The Research Questions (RQ) Task Force) identifies accessibility
> barriers and knowledge gaps in emerging and future web technologies;
> publishes the research findings on those barriers and gaps; and supports
> W3C's horizontal reviews of web technologies as they mature and are
> normatively specified.
> > >
> > > Please advise any concerns. I'm inclined to suggest we could likely
> drop the final clause, the one that begins "as they mature ..."
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Janina
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > 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/
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > 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/
> >
>
> --
>
> 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/
>
>
>