Re: [Conformance] Thoughts/ edits on the Use Cases Document

Susana,

What about cryptocurrency apps would make it hard to conform?  I think 
the apps should conform, and the data is just the data, but perhaps I am 
not seeing the bigger picture.

jeanne

On 7/27/2022 12:55 PM, Susana Pallero wrote:
> Hi team,
>
> I would like your opinion about if data that is updated at a fast pace 
> (such as cryptocurrency apps) would be part of the Use Cases.
>
> Thanks,
> Regards,
>
>
> El vie, 13 may 2022 a las 15:59, Bruce Bailey 
> (<Bailey@access-board.gov>) escribió:
>
>     We had a similar issue/concern for “raw data” with the Revised 508
>     Standards.  Jeanne, can you suggest a wiki or GitHub page where I
>     might share/memorialize some of that experience?
>
>     The issue comes up in Technical Assistance in that if the business
>     need is, for example, an mpeg file format – that does not include
>     captioning. For federal agencies under 508, we point to the
>     allowance for “fundamental alteration”:
>
>     https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#E202.6
>
>     As Andy notes, any prepared product would need captioning. 
>     Drawing the line for public facing raw data gets pretty tricky
>     pretty fast.  Is the agency really only posting B-roll stuff?  If
>     it worth sharing, why is not also worth providing some kind of
>     timed-text file?  During the 508 public comment period, there were
>     conversations about exceptions for “drafts” and “works in
>     progress” and the Access Board ultimately came to the conclusion
>     that would have been too much of a loophole.
>
>     Still there are a couple of additional notable caveats related to
>     the limits of file formats:
>
>     https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#504.1 Authoring Tools, General
>
>     …to the extent that information required for accessibility is
>     supported by the destination format.
>
>     https://www.access-board.gov/ict/#504.2 Content Creation or Editing
>
>     …to file formats supported by the authoring tool.
>
>     -- 
>     Bruce Bailey (he/him)
>     Accessibility IT Specialist
>     U.S. Access Board
>     1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000
>     Washington, DC  20004-1111
>     202-760-1947 (mobile)
>     bailey@access-board.gov <mailto:bailey@access-board.gov>
>
>     Thank you for your questions concerning section 508 of the
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>     Access Board to provide technical assistance to individuals and
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>     *From:* Andrew Somers <andy@generaltitles.com>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, May 12, 2022 6:15 PM
>     *To:* Gregg Vanderheiden <gregg@raisingthefloor.org>
>     *Cc:* Silver TF <public-silver@w3.org>; Jeanne Spellman
>     <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Conformance] Thoughts/ edits on the Use Cases Document
>
>     Hi Gregg, this is good and examines a useful array of use cases
>     and exceptions/qualifiers.
>
>     */A potential “raw data” exception:/*
>
>     Something I mentioned in a related thread some months ago, relates
>     to “original data” for example:
>
>     Camera original .mov, .avi or similar movie files are often
>     important to be kept as-is and unaltered, for evidentiary purposes
>     for example. Embedding things like caption data (into the file)
>     typically results in the file being re-compressed, which results
>     in data loss. As such, a reasonable exception to the captioning
>     requirement relates to camera original files which reasonably need
>     to be left in their unaltered form.
>
>     Caption files can be created as sidecars, of course—and naturally,
>     a separate version of the video file can be created to make
>     captions available, but consider a site such as WikiLeaks, where
>     information that is socially/politically important is held for
>     dissemination. It is better that a site be able to hold a mass of
>     such data than to be prohibited from doing so due to a compliance
>     issue. And when possible, evidentiary data is best held/provided
>     in an unaltered form.
>
>     Naturally, a commercial news operation should not be able to use
>     such an exception when it comes to their /prepared/ newscasts, but
>     even a commercial news operation should be able to provide
>     raw/unaltered footage as a separately available file, and “raw”
>     files can not reasonably be required to be altered.
>
>     As such, this points to needed exception language for raw,
>     original, and archival materials.
>
>     Andy
>
>     *
>
>     Andrew Somers *
>
>     Senior Color Science Researcher
>
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>         On May 12, 2022, at 1:54 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden
>         <gregg@raisingthefloor.org <mailto:gregg@raisingthefloor.org>>
>         wrote:
>
>         This is a work in progress —
>
>         I’m posting it for review and feedback as I go
>
>         <Use Cases for WCAG 3.0 Conformance.docx>
>
>         gregg
>
>         ———————————
>         Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
>         Founder and Director Emeritus , Trace R&D Center, UMD
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