- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:38:58 +0100
- To: samuelm@dit.upm.es
- CC: ERT WG <public-wai-ert@w3.org>
Hi Samuel, Thanks for the useful feedback. The issue that was raised is that it is difficult to define what a "software analyst" is, since this may not be as formally assigned in different tool development processes. It seems a little fuzzy. Having said that, I think this is probably the level of detail that we'd want to address in the document. Maybe a way around that is to try to provide a description for this role rather than to use a title (like "software analyst") to define it. Any suggestions on such a description? Best, Shadi On 20.2.2013 16:39, samuelm@dit.upm.es wrote: > My apologies for not being able to join. Had an impromptu meeting at that > time. I have read the minutes (for now just the IRC logs) and tried to > catch up on the outcomes. > > Regarding AERT, I note there has been much deliberation on who will be the > audience of the document, taking into account not only the potential > utility of the document, but also the resources available to the WG. > Following, you may find my opinion on the different alternatives that have > been posed: > a) End developers: understanding developers as "coders", I would not be > quite keen on this choice. End developers would need a great deal of > detail in the specification of what the tool must do, up to a point that > would interfere with implementation details. There have been some efforts > to define canonical testing techniques (such as UWEM Tests [1], by the > way, is any of you aware of the current progress of UWEM 2.0?). However, > IMHO doing that for the whole WCAG2.0 would be quite beyond the group > scope. Moreover, even that would not account for many other requirements > (regarding e.g. presentation of results, reporting, selection of > resources, etc.) > b) Procurers and/or end-users: as it has already been pointed out, there > is another document by EOWG specifying how web accessibility evaluation > tools can be chosen. > c) Managers: I would go for that option. Indeed, I would personally prefer > software analysts / software engineers, or even software project leaders, > who are in a position of drawing the details of a tool from a set of, more > or less generic requirements. The can provide judgments and take decisions > on which functions are going to be implemented by their tools, and how the > required functionalities will map to specific user metaphors, etc. That > said, it may be the case that the roles of software analyst and software > develop coalesce into the same person, but it might not be always the > case. > > I hope this can be useful to provide my input regarding today's topics; as > I could not make it to the conference. > > Regards, > Samuel. > > [1] UWEM 1.2 Tests <http://www.wabcluster.org/uwem1_2/UWEM_1_2_TESTS.pdf> > >> ERT WG, >> >> The next teleconference is scheduled for Wednesday 20 February 2013 at: >> * 14:30 to 15:30 Central European Time (CET) >> * 08:30 to 09:30 North American Eastern Time (ET) >> * 05:30 to 06:30 North American Pacific Time (PT) >> >> Please check the World Clock Meeting Planner to find out the precise >> date for your own time zone: >> - <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html> >> >> The teleconference information is: (Passcode 3794 - "ERWG") >> * +1.617.761.6200 >> * SIP / VoIP - http://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/Zakim-SIP >> >> We also use IRC to support the meeting: (http://irc.w3.org) >> * IRC server: irc.w3.org >> * port: 6665 >> * channel: #er >> >> >> AGENDA: >> >> #1. Welcome >> >> >> #2. Approval of WCAG-EM publication as updated Working Draft >> - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/2013Feb/0016 >> >> >> #3. Continued discussion on requirements for AERT >> - http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/WD-AERT/ED-requirements20130211 >> >> >> #4. Next Meeting >> >> >> Regards, >> Shadi >> >> -- >> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ >> Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office >> Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) >> Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) >> > > -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) Research and Development Working Group (RDWG)
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