- From: Jeanne Spellman <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:19:37 -0500
- To: tink@tink.uk, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Cc: Silver Task Force <public-silver@w3.org>
That is correct. We are not writing content for Silver at this time. We are doing functional testing of the prototypes with Silver Stakeholders. It is easier to test the prototypes with existing WCAG success criteria, because people understand them more thoroughly and can more easily identify difficulties. On 11/16/2018 11:28 AM, Léonie Watson wrote: > Jeanne, > > My understanding is that the purpose of using existing SC for this > exercise, is to test the prototype with "real" content, not as a > preparatory step for including existing SC in Silver. Did I > misunderstand? > > > Léonie. > > > > > > On 16/11/2018 15:26, Jeanne Spellman wrote: >> If you are writing in the plain language prototype, please follow the >> style guide. We developed the style guide using plain language best >> practices that are consistent across many plain language resources. >> We didn't invent this for Silver, we used the advise that is broadly >> available for plain language. The purpose of testing is to see how >> well the advice applies to Silver and what refinement we need to make. >> >> Please perform the test as designed, so we can get consistent data. >> >> * The guidelines are not measurable statements. >> * Use "you" where appropriate >> >> We appreciate and welcome your feedback on your experience going >> through the test when you are finished. >> >> >> On 11/16/2018 9:23 AM, David MacDonald wrote: >>> >>> I believe the exercise I believe is to migrate 2.0 success criteria >>> to plain language guidelines in 2.1 using the style guide. I think >>> it's a great idea to d "hard work" to make the SCs more >>> understandable and consolidated in the next version. I have a couple >>> of questions about the prototypes, perhaps for cyborg or another >>> plain language specialist? >>> >>> * Are the guidelines intended to be "measurable" statements that can >>> be evaluated as pass/fail (or % graded)? In other words, are they >>> the unit of measurement used to judge conformance. >>> * In the active voice there is a subject who is acting. In this >>> style guide case it would be the reader (identified as "you"). How >>> do we know that the person reading the document will be doing the >>> work? Is it possible to have plain language without an actor in >>> the sentence, where the subject is the content? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> David MacDonald >>> >>> *Can**Adapt**Solutions Inc.* >>> >>> Tel: 613-806-9005 >>> >>> LinkedIn >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> >>> >>> twitter.com/davidmacd <http://twitter.com/davidmacd> >>> >>> GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> >>> >>> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> >>> >>> / Adapting the web to *all* users/ >>> >>> / Including those with disabilities/ >>> >>> If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy >>> policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 2:50 PM Jeanne Spellman >>> <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com >>> <mailto:jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Many of you on this list don't have the time to participate in >>> Silver regularly, but may have an hour to contribute >>> here-and-there. This invitation is for you. >>> >>> TL;DR (Summary) >>> >>> Silver team wants help testing and improving two prototypes before >>> we send them out to the wider world for comments and testing. It >>> involves sketching out new Guidelines or translating existing WCAG >>> guidance following the templates and examples we provide. Pick >>> one prototype to test, whichever appeals to you. We want to know >>> the problems you encounter, suggestions for improvement, or >>> compliments in trying to follow the templates. We aren't writing >>> content for Silver yet, so don't worry about the writing. It's >>> the process of writing that we want to test. It should take about >>> an hour, although some people may choose to take on harder >>> challenges (1.3.1, I'm looking at you). >>> >>> Email your work to public-silver@w3.org >>> <mailto:public-silver@w3.org>, or if you wish to send it >>> privately, you can email it to jspellman@paciellogroup.com >>> <mailto:jspellman@paciellogroup.com> and lauriat@google.com >>> <mailto:lauriat@google.com>. All contributions will be public, but >>> we can remove your name if you wish. >>> >>> == Introducing the Prototypes == >>> >>> The Silver Design Sprint resulted in recommendations for the >>> design of Silver. Silver Community Group has created two >>> prototypes that are ready for wider testing. Think of them as >>> alpha stage prototypes where we are looking for input on the >>> basics of the prototypes. These are not ready for broad input, so >>> please don't share them on social media yet. We do have a plan >>> for receiving broad input, but one of the prototypes can't handle >>> the bandwidth of many testers yet. >>> >>> We are currently testing: >>> >>> * the proposed structure of Silver (Information Architecture) >>> prototype >>> * the use of a style guide to write Silver in plain language >>> >>> Note: Any content that is proposed in this test is not intended to >>> go into Silver. We are not writing content yet. >>> Note: We have additional prototypes under development that are not >>> yet ready for review, most notably, the Conformance prototype. >>> >>> Pick one: >>> >>> * You can use an existing WCAG success criterion or combination >>> of related success criteria for either the Information >>> Architecture or Plain Language test. We expect most people to >>> choose this. >>> * Brave souls could stress test the Information Architecture by >>> tackling breaking up WCAG 1.3.1 or including pointer events in >>> keyboard navigation. :) >>> * You could sketch out tests, Methods and Guideline for a user >>> need that is not included in WCAG to test the Information >>> Architecture prototype. >>> * You could sketch out Methods for a user agent (browser or >>> assistive technology) or authoring tool to test the >>> Information Architecture >>> * If you are expert or passionate about plain language, use our >>> Style Guide to translate existing WCAG guidance in plain >>> language. >>> >>> Choose whichever prototype appeals to you. Please copy the >>> template for the prototype and fill it out using whatever text >>> editing tool (Word, HTML, Github PR, Google Doc, email) -- >>> whatever works for you. Email it to public-silver@w3.org >>> <mailto:public-silver@w3.org>. If you wish to send it privately, >>> you can email it to jspellman@paciellogroup.com >>> <mailto:jspellman@paciellogroup.com> and lauriat@google.com >>> <mailto:lauriat@google.com>. All contributions will be public, but >>> we can remove your name if you wish. Details on each of the >>> prototypes are after this paragraph. >>> >>> == Information Architecture == >>> We hope this new structure will provide the ability to better >>> include user needs that could not be included in WCAG 2.1, like >>> the proposals from the Cognitive Accessibility Task Force and the >>> Low Vision Accessibility Task Force. We also want to include >>> guidance that goes beyond traditional Web Content, such as >>> guidance for mobile apps, emerging technologies, authoring tools >>> and environments, browsers and user agents, and assistive >>> technology. Keep this in mind as you are testing and let us know >>> your feedback. >>> >>> We are proposing flattening the WCAG 2.x architecture from >>> Principles, Guidelines, Success Criteria, and Techniques to simply >>> Guidelines and Methods. Most WCAG 2.x success criteria will >>> become Guidelines. The technology-specific success criteria (like >>> most of Robust) will become Methods. Techniques will all be >>> Methods. Some success criteria can be merged -- for example, the >>> success criteria that are essentially the same advice, but with >>> different measurement levels for A, AA, and AAA, or Language of >>> Parts and Language of Page could potentially be merged. They would >>> have different Methods for achieving the result, but the Guideline >>> could be to identify the language (English, French, Japanese, >>> Chinese, ...) being used. >>> >>> We don't want you to focus on the details of the writing, we are >>> more interested in you sketching out an accessibility guideline to >>> test the structure of Silver guidance. The working Information >>> Architecture prototype deliberately has placeholder language, >>> because we want you to look at the structure, not the content. We >>> would like you to try writing Tests, Methods, and Guideline for an >>> existing WCAG success criteria, or for a new idea for a >>> guideline. We created an example and a template that you can use >>> to write new Methods and Guidelines for Silver. Please note that >>> not everything that people write for this test will necessarily go >>> into Silver. We are testing the structure, we are not writing new >>> content for Silver. You can sketch out your ideas. You will see >>> in the example that we sketched out Methods for technology that we >>> were not familiar with, just to test whether the Silver >>> Information Architecture could work. >>> >>> Our process in creating the example was to sketch out the tests, >>> then derive the Methods from the tests. After sketching out all >>> the Methods we could think of (including one that we wished was >>> supported), then we wrote the Guideline. When you write the tests >>> first, you better define the edge cases. That should make the >>> Guideline more accurate and easier to test. You can link to >>> existing WCAG techniques if you want to reuse their tests. >>> >>> We want examples of tests that are not just the true/false success >>> criteria of WCAG, but are tests that are rubrics, scales, >>> task-based assessment, distance from mean, or others. We know >>> there are researchers who have worked on a variety of tests for >>> accessibility that go beyond true/false statement, but we need >>> people to actually write some examples. >>> >>> Links: >>> >>> * Working Information Architecture Prototype >>> <https://mikecrabb.github.io/silver_taggingSystemDemo/guidelines.html> >>> (limited bandwidth, the response time may be long). >>> * Template for Information Architecture >>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRgf85Z_NJ7HmF-UX992wLx0F-sCQyipL6USL9HTmvBOWtH53C78SVNjKI8kLTxl5UuYJbc7ImiGsB_/pub> >>> Copy it into your text editor of choice, fill it out and send >>> it to public-silver@w3.org <mailto:public-silver@w3.org> >>> * Example for Information Architecture >>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQTeTyH3FQZ-qkt-UsyoePHV_joN_nDJy5CsMvit4GjKnbw9zsZljvGG-kU2ZTRP6bUEVJmdIWGc_PX/pub> >>> - It is titled "Methods Prototype for Language of Page". It >>> uses the WCAG 2.1 success criteria of 3.1.1 Language of >>> Page. Note that the Guideline was changed to reflect a >>> broader scope >>> than a web "page". >>> >>> >>> == Plain Language == >>> The Plain Language prototype examines how we can include >>> supporting information that is helpful and easy to understand. >>> Think of it as the WCAG Understanding document, except this will >>> be included in the main version of Silver. It will eventually fit >>> into the Information Architecture prototype as the "Long >>> Description". We have put the Guideline information in a tab >>> format so it is easier to find the information. Those who are >>> interested in the usability of Silver should try to write guidance >>> following the Style Guide. We have a template for you to copy and >>> use. We are really testing the Style Guide, but we are also >>> interested in your feedback about the organization of the >>> information including the labels of the tabs. The template only >>> covers the first tab. If you would like to include writing for >>> the other tabs, that would be very welcome, but we are only asking >>> for the Get Started tab. >>> >>> Links: >>> >>> * Working Plain Language Prototype >>> <https://w3c.github.io/silver/prototypes/PlainLanguage2/> >>> Select the Section Headings link to see an example sketched out. >>> * Template for Plain Language >>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQVTxM2r00NtcYhZJY6lN6xh_fuM9L2jnPZQJ2c59KiyA_-BcC2HkhKf0IxDod4qBunvPkXbhkCHuKq/pub> >>> Copy it into your text editor of choice, fill it out and send >>> it to public-silver@w3.org <mailto:public-silver@w3.org> >>> * Example of Plain Language prototype >>> <https://w3c.github.io/silver/prototypes/PlainLanguage2/SectionHeading.html> >>> - Sections Headings >>> * Style Guide for Plain Language >>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTNEIRmC8KjpYMk4APRTZIVl3AJj7XY7XiG0bDiQM4oLJueOFrpJUjbNY7fj9R41KLwjtBi8irIWclB/pub> >>> We want your comments and suggestions on the Style Guide >>> >> >
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