FW: Does WCAG apply only to English (or the like), or does it aim to cover all languages?

Hi,

 

Potential agenda item. 

 

From: MURATA <eb2mmrt@gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 7:25 AM
To: George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>; Avneesh Singh <avneesh.sg@gmail.com>
Cc: Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@atdo.jp>; Makoto MURATA <eb2mmrt@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Does WCAG apply only to English (or the like), or does it aim to cover all languages?

 

George and Avneesh,

 

Hello.  I am writing this mail to request 

DAISY to raise a concern about WCAG 2.2.


As I reported in the DAISY board meeting, there 

is an open issue  <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2680> "Does WCAG apply only to 

English (or the like), or <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2680>  does it aim to cover all <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2680>  

languages?  <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2680> ", which is about WCAG 2.2.  

Unfortunately, despite this open issue, 

WCAG 2.2 became a Proposed Recommendation.  

This is a failure of the horizontal review system.

 

WCAG people hope to introduce no changes to 

2.2 but they would like to address this issue in 

future versions.  However, I strongly want to 

address this issue in 2.2, since it is not at all 

clear if any version beyond 2.2 becomes an 

ISO/IEC standard.

 

I18N WG plans to propose tiny changes,

such as this one <https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2680#issuecomment-1661985386>  proposed by Richard Ishida. 

 

PLH suggested that some W3C member 

AC rep should post a concern 

on the Proposed Recommendation 

survey.   Is it possible for DAISY 

to raise a concern?

 

Regards,

Makoto

 

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From: r12a <ishida@w3.org <mailto:ishida@w3.org> >
Date: 2023年8月7日(月) 21:41
Subject: Re: Does WCAG apply only to English (or the like), or does it aim to cover all languages?
To: MURATA <eb2mmrt@gmail.com <mailto:eb2mmrt@gmail.com> >
Cc: Yasuo Kida <kida@mac.com <mailto:kida@mac.com> >, Atsushi Shimono (W3C Team) <atsushi@w3.org <mailto:atsushi@w3.org> >, Fuqiao Xue <xfq@w3.org <mailto:xfq@w3.org> >, Addison Phillips <addisonI18N@gmail.com <mailto:addisonI18N@gmail.com> >

 

hi Murata-san,

Addison and Fuqiao are currently working on this with Philippe le Hégaret and the WCAG folks to see whether a solution can be found.  In the meantime, PLH tells me that it would be useful if an AC rep posted their concern on the Proposed Recommendation survey.  This would make the issue more visible. Do you know someone who could do that?

cheers,
ri





MURATA <mailto:eb2mmrt@gmail.com> 

5 August 2023 at 04:23

Richard,

 

Thank you for the status update.  I am wondering if I 

should raise a formal objection or ask JP members (and 

even DAISY) to make comments on this issue in the 

vote.  I hope that such actions are not needed but 

I have these options in mind just in case.

 

Regards,

Makoto





 

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r12a <mailto:ishida@w3.org> 

4 August 2023 at 10:29

hi Murata-san,

I raised this issue at our weekly telecon yesterday, and Addison has already contacted Philippe about the process slip which allowed WCAG to go through the transition to PR with outstanding needs-resolution comments, and is also talking with the WCAG folks.  In the meantime, Fuqiao will review all the comments related to this topic and come up with a proposal for a way to move forward, which the i18n WG will discuss in next week's meeting, and then with the WCAG folks.

Thanks for raising the visibility of this issue.

ri




MURATA <mailto:eb2mmrt@gmail.com> 

3 August 2023 at 02:14

(Trying again since I used an obsolete address.)

 

Richard,


It appears that the Accessibility Guidelines 

WG does not intend to address this issue 

before the publication of WCAG 2.2.

 

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/2680#issuecomment-1661985386


 

I do not understand the current W3C process 

very well.  What does the I18N WG plan to do?

Should I contact Japanese, Chinese, and Korean 

members of W3C?

 

Regards,

Makoto

 




 

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慶應義塾大学政策・メディア研究科特任教授

村田 真

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