Re: ERT Action Item: Use Case Scenarios for EARL

On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:15:21 +1000, Carlos Iglesias  
<carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org> wrote:

>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: public-wai-ert-request@w3.org
>> [mailto:public-wai-ert-request@w3.org] En nombre de Giorgio Brajnik

>> A possible way to increase market pressure on EARL could be
>> the adoption, by WAI, of a new "accessibility conformity
>> logo" to be put, by web developers, into the pages they
>> produce to claim a certain level of accessibility (eg.
>> wcag1.0 AA). Like the one that is usually linked to
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG1A-Conformance.html.en .
>>
>> WAI should require that whoever posts the new logo, links it
>> to a RSS-like feeder that yields an EARL report that
>> justifies the claimed level of accessibility. [1]
>
> Well, increase market pressure on EARL adoption by "imposing" it with a  
> new "accessibility conformity logo" that requires some kind of EARL  
> justification it's not a good idea for me (besides all the potential  
> hurdles).
>
> I think that the best way to increase the adoption of a specification is  
> to make really useful this specification through new and attractive  
> characteristics that add value not through "imposition".

Yes, I agree that "imposing" something isn't effective. WAI makes legal  
requirements (through its ownership of the copyright on the WCAG  
conformance logos) about the use of those logos. But the real world  
doesn't really care, and uses them as it sees fit.

The point of trying to explain how IMS, Dublin Core and others try to use  
EARL for matching content to particular users is that this actually  
represents new and attractive characteristics, for which there are people  
developing tools. (Does everyone in this group know what IMS and Dublin  
Core are doing, or should I try to explain it more fully)?

cheers

Chaals

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Received on Thursday, 31 March 2005 14:59:02 UTC