Re: EOWG publications next week

Thanks for the input, Janina. Sorry to hear of your situation.

I've created an issue in GitHub:
	https://github.com/w3c/wai-planning-and-implementation/issues/110

Best,
~Shawn

On 12/12/2016 6:11 AM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, Shawn, All:
>
> Shawn Henry writes:
>> Judy & all,
>>
>> EOWG is planning to publish and announce the following updated documents next week:
>>
>> * Planning and Managing Web Accessibility <https://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/>
>> * Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility <https://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/pol>
>
>
> This document appropriately talks about policies, staff and procurement, but does
> not cover the case where development is contracted out to a third party.
> I'm hyper aware of this as a need just now, because that's the situation
> I find myself in in my 8500 resident condominium community.
>
> It seems to me we would want to recommend that any contracts signed with
> third party developers would clearly specify some level of WCAG
> conformance. I've managed to get such a requirement into my community's
> strategic plan. However, I've recently learned they forgot to include
> any such requirement when letting a contract for a new web site for the
> community. I wish WAI docs were backing me up on this a bit more
> clearly.
>
> Something you can take up in 2017?
>
> Janina
>
>
>
>> * Web Accessibility First Aid: Approaches for Interim Repairs <https://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/improving>
>>
>> * Accessibility, Usability, and Inclusion
>> ** nearly-approved draft: <http://w3c.github.io/wai-inclusion/>
>> ** diff from current version: <http://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2Fintro%2Fusable&doc2=http%3A%2F%2Fw3c.github.io%2Fwai-inclusion%2F>
>>
>> * Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility
>> ** nearly-approved draft: <https://w3c.github.io/EasyChecks/>
>> ** diff from current version: <http://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2Feval%2Fpreliminary&doc2=https%3A%2F%2Fw3c.github.io%2FEasyChecks%2F>
>>
>> We welcome your comments, as always. At the bottom of each page are links to GitHub and e-mail for comments.
>> *We hope that there are no showstopper issues that will delay publication of these versions next week*. :) We plan to address any new important issues in early 2017.
>>
>> Best,
>> ~Shawn
>>
>> <https://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>
>>
>

Received on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:54:06 UTC