Re: SVG Accessibility Task Force

Amelia,

The task force mail list is public so folks that are not work group members
can participate easier. We are still finding the best time to meet. So far
9 am Friday Eastern is winning, however most folks in the US were on
holiday and haven't yet responded.

I made a straw man of a taxonomy for graphics which is in the mail list
archives. Please take a look at it. The taxonomy is a different angle than
John's mapping of SVG elements. Mapping SVG elements is at the finest
granularity of graphics parts, whereas the taxonomy captures the conceptual
features of graphics which we want to relay to assistive technologies. A
taxonomy also provides a common vocabulary for assitive technology, so
blind users can get consistent representations of charts, maps, technical
drawings and STEM diagrams.
                                                                     
                                                                     
                       Regards,                         Fred         
                                                                     
                       Fred Esch                                     
           Accessibility, Watson Innovations                         
    AARB Complex Visualization Working Group Chair                   
                   IBM Watson Group                                  
                                                                     
                                                                     






From:	Amelia Bellamy-Royds <amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com>
To:	Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
Cc:	public-svg-a11y@w3.org
Date:	11/30/2014 10:02 PM
Subject:	Re: SVG Accessibility Task Force



I'm not officially a member of either working group, so I'm not sure I can
officially be a member of the Task Force, but I am certainly interested in
this topic and will be following progress on it.

At the very least, I can serve as a test case for
authors-who-don't-know-much-about-ARIA-and-are-easily-confused.  (As
evidenced by the discussion over role=presentation on the SVG email list.)

I can't promise to participate every week, but I can work with any of the
times proposed.  9am Eastern is a little early for me, but so long as
someone remembers to send out agendas the day before, I can probably be
persuaded to get out of bed if there is a topic I have strong opinions
about!  Better than making other people ruin their Friday nights...

Best,
Amelia BR

On 30 November 2014 at 19:13, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
wrote:
  Thamks Tav, So far 9am is the best time. We will be monitoring more early
  this week to see what falls out now that the U.S. holiday has passed.


  Rich Schwerdtfeger

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  Wed, 2014-11-26 at 13:33 -0600, Richard Schwerdtfeger wroTavmjong Bah
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  From: Tavmjong Bah <tav.w3c@gmail.com>
  To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
  Cc: public-svg-a11y@w3.org
  Date: 11/27/2014 03:58 AM
  Subject: Re: SVG Accessibility Task Force




  On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 13:33 -0600, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote:
  > Fred Esch and I will be chairing the SVG Accessibility Task Force and
  > we would like to establish a first meeting time for 1 hour.
  >
  > Fred and I are available:
  >
  > Thursday 11am eastern;
  > Friday, 9-11 am eastern, 1-3pm eastern, and 4-6pm eastern.
  >
  > For those who want to participate please respond to this email on the
  > new public-svg-a11y list with your name and times that you are
  > available. If needed we will move to an online poll.

  I am interested in participating but don't know how much time I can
  commit so I wouldn't weight my response too high. The only slot that
  works for me is 9am Friday (3pm CET) and even then I would have to cut
  out a few minutes early.

  Tav