Re: Thoughts on third-party conformance; was Re: [Conformance] Agenda for Thursday 10 June

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> On Jun 11, 2021, at 12:19 PM, Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com> wrote:
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> Hey folks,
> After mulling it over some more, I wanted to reiterate that I am uncomfortable with the current proposal, and that I don't think this is ready to be added to a WCAG 3 draft just yet. As I indicated yesterday during the call, I think creating a blanket exception for all third-party content is problematic. Creating transparency about where the inaccessible content is, and who is responsible for it is a good step in the right direction. But I don't think doing just those two things absolves an organisation from their responsibility of ensuring their software isn't disabling their users.
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> I would ask that we continue to work on this. I don't think we've fully explored the options for third-party conformance yet.
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> Kind regards,
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> On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 9:01 PM Sajka, Janina <sajkaj@amazon.com <mailto:sajkaj@amazon.com>> wrote:
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> The Silver Conformance Options Subgroup will meet again this Thursday 10
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> June at 12:00 PM (Noon) Boston Time (1600 UTC). You can confirm the correct time of this meeting in your local time zone using this link:
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> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Silver+Substantial+Conformance+Subgroup&iso=20210611T12&p1=43 <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Silver+Substantial+Conformance+Subgroup&iso=20210611T12&p1=43>
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> Zoom teleconference data is provided at this link:
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> https://www.w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_silver-conf <https://www.w3.org/2017/08/telecon-info_silver-conf>
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> As always, we'll be on IRC using the W3C server at irc.w3.org <http://irc.w3.org/>, in channel #silver-conf.
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> These and additional details of our work, including minutes and current draft documents are available on our subgroup wiki page here:
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> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Substantial_Conformance <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Substantial_Conformance>
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> *** Proposed Agenda ***
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> Agenda+             Agenda Review & Administrative Items
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> agenda+             Third Party Proposal https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Proposal_on_Third_Party_Content <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Proposal_on_Third_Party_Content>
> agenda+             Whoville as Proxy for Views & Processes https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF#Principle_3:_Scoping_for_Primary_Purpose <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF#Principle_3:_Scoping_for_Primary_Purpose>
> agenda+             Other Business
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> agenda+             Be Done
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> ***Key Links***
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> (Draft) Proposal on Third Party Content
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> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Proposal_on_Third_Party_Content <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Proposal_on_Third_Party_Content>
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> May Report:
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> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF <https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF>
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> Janina Sajka
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> Accessibility Standards Consultant
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> sajkaj@amazon.com <mailto:sajkaj@amazon.com>
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> Wilco Fiers
> Axe-core product owner - Facilitator ACT Task Force - Co-chair ACT-Rules
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