Re: Fwd: New SVG WG Charter

Hi, folks–

I was reminded on today's telcon that I missed one of the SVG-A11y 
deliverables. The charter now includes all three specs: WAI-ARIA 
Graphics Module, SVG Accessibility API, and Graphics Accessibility API.

Thanks!
Doug

On 9/13/16 1:14 PM, Doug Schepers wrote:
> Hi, folks–
>
> Forwarding from the www-svg mailing list, to avoid cross-posting.
>
> Of particular interest to the SVG-A11y TF in this charter:
>
> * we have added the WAI-ARIA Graphics Module and SVG Accessibility API
> Mappings specs as explicit deliverables (the current charter lists a
> generic "SVG2 accessibility API mapping" spec which was refined and
> split into the current 2 specs)
>
> * we have changed the "SVG2 accessible authoring guidelines" spec to the
> more broadly-scoped "SVG Authoring Guidelines", which covers
> accessibility in the context of general SVG authoring
>
> * we dropped several specifications that were not actively developed,
> but we retained the SVG Connectors spec, which has accessibility and
> navigation considerations.
>
> * we didn't add a new deliverable for SVG ARIA dataviz vocabulary, but
> we could add that to the next charter if we make progress on it
>
> We're happy to talk more about this charter, maybe on the next telcon.
>
> Regards–
> Doug
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>
> Hi, folks–
>
> The current SVG WG charter [1] expires in October. A W3C Working Group's
> charter defines what specifications and other deliverables are planned
> and in scope for the group, and a rough expectation of priorities and
> timelines.
>
> We've made substantial progress on SVG 2 and plan to move to Candidate
> Recommendation status this week, but there's still more work to do to
> get to Recommendation status, including a complete test suite and
> multiple implementations.
>
> So, we have started on a new SVG WG charter [2], which I invite you to
> read and comment on. This charter is intended specifically to drive SVG
> 2 to completion.
>
> We've dropped a few deliverables that weren't making progress, and this
> short-term charter doesn't include new features for the core SVG spec;
> new feature requests can still be made in our issue tracker or this
> mailing list, but they are out of scope for this charter, and will have
> to be deferred to the next charter period, post-SVG2.
>
> Note that this charter has not undergone any formal review, so it is
> still subject to change.
>
>
> Incidentally, this new charter was trimmed down in general and uses
> W3C's new charter template to make it easier to read and understand.
> Notably, this includes a complete history of the SVG WG charters [3] and
> notes on significant changes, which may be of interest to some (it was
> interesting for me to took back on the group's efforts through the
> years, and see priorities change… and makes me want to be better about
> finishing things more quickly!).
>
> SVG 2 was a substantial rewrite of the specification. For future work,
> the SVG WG wants to make much faster progress between revisions of the
> spec, and we've laid the groundwork for that in SVG 2. We hope to make
> smaller and more manageable changes and improvements, and to release a
> new version of SVG roughly every 12-18 months.
>
>
> [1] https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/2014/new-charter
> [2] https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/svg-2016.html
> [3] https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/svg-2016.html#history
>
> Thanks–
> Doug
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 13 September 2016 19:53:58 UTC