Re: CfPs User Modelling

Hi all,

As promised I worked on Shawn's comments and now have a newer version
online. However, due to the comments about "modelling" that has to change
to "modeling' and the UM4A in the titles I re-created the pages so that
urls and titles are also following the corrections.

So the new email page can be found on

http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/CfP_Email:_User_Modeling_for_Accessibility_(UM4A)

and the new CfP can be found on

http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Call_for_Papers:_User_Modeling_for_Accessibility_Online_Symposium_15_July_2013#Call_for_Papers:_User_Modeling_for_AccessibilityOnline_Symposium_15_July_2013

I have included my answers/actions to Shawn's comments in her email below.


At this point the main things missing I can spot out are the follwoing:

1. Yehya, do you think we can promise three three reviews per paper or
should we lower it down to two? (change the text accordingly)

2. Yehya, could you include a section for scientific committee?

3. I changed the dates based on our discussion today. If you think they are
ok... then we can delete those "(Tentative)" marks we have there.

4. Do we have a system for handling submissions and reviews like the
OpenConf system we used for some symposiums? It would be good to provide a
link in the CfP in that case.

5. As Shawn pointed out we need to link to a template for the papers to be
submitted. As I see this is not a wiki page. Do you want me to create a
template based on the text cutsomization template and send it to you as an
HTML file or should I make a wiki page for that too?

Looking forward to your comments.

Regards,
Christos

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Dr. Christos Kouroupetroglou
Web Accessibility Research & Engineering
Website: http://aetos.it.teithe.gr/~kourou/
Blog: http://a11y2020.wordpress.com/


2013/4/30 Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>

> On 4/24/2013 10:33 AM, Simon Harper wrote:
>
>> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/**wiki/CfP_Email:_User_**
>> Modelling_for_Accessibility_%**28UM4A%29<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/CfP_Email:_User_Modelling_for_Accessibility_%28UM4A%29>
>> >
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/**Call_for_Papers:_User_**
>> Modelling_for_Accessibility_%**28UM4A%29_Online_Symposium_15_**July_2013<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Call_for_Papers:_User_Modelling_for_Accessibility_%28UM4A%29_Online_Symposium_15_July_2013>
>>
>
> Great to see these coming along!
>
> I looked in the RDWG wiki for the draft main symposium, but didn't find
> it. I assume we'll need that page ready for the CfP announcements, as well.
>
> A few comments on the CfPs:
>
> [required changes]
>
> * current wording: "Users: The primary focus is on users with disabilities
> and possibly other user groups encoutering similar problems such as
> elderly."
> It is very important not to use the word "problems" here. You could
> rewrite it using phrasing typically used in WAI work, such as: 'older users
> with age-related accessibility needs'. For example: "Users: The primary
> focus is on users with disabilities. Other users may be
> [included?addressed?relevant], such as older users with age-related
> accessibility needs."
>

Changed the wording according to comment


>
> * "Papers must be submitted in the _template provided_" currently links to
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/**template.html<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/template.html>>
> but it should link to a template for paper submissions for this specific
> symposium, e.g., <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/**2012/text-customization/**
> template.html<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/template.html>
> >
>
>
I changed the link to
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2013/user-modelling/template.html ... but as I
understand this is not a wiki page. So...see question 5 above.


> [suggested changes]
>
> * I think it would be good to briefly explain what user modeling is in the
> CfP, and point to the main symposium page for more explanation.
>
>
Added a paragraph in the introduction.


> * I request that we take "(UM4A)" out of the Symposium title, so it's just
> "User Modelling for Accessibility". I think it's OK to use that acronym for
> WG e-mails; however, I think there are some negatives for including it in
> the title. And, I don't see any need for the acronym -- it's not used
> elsewhere in the symposium information, nor is it common, afaik. (fyi, the
> acronym E2R is not in <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/**
> 2012/easy-to-read/Overview.**html<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/easy-to-read/Overview.html>>
> and TC4R is not in <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/**2012/text-customization/<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/>>
> )
>  [editing]
>

Deleted UM4A from page titles, urls and the CfP in general.


> * W3C usually uses American English spelling. So "modelling" -> "modeling"
> (with one 'l' instead of 2).
>

I changed it in the text and as already pointed out I also created new wiki
pages...

* Needs spell check - there are lots of misspelled words.
>

Run the text trough spell checker and corrected most (hopefully all) of
them.


> * Needs editing for grammar and readability throughout, e.g., "The main
> focus is on research and developed applications on adaptive, customizable
> and personalized systems allowing access for people with disabilities to
> the Web technologies and other ICT products and services employing user
> modelling technologies." and "The focus is on technologies for building
> user models, storing user profile information, exchange user profile
> infromation while also ensuring privacy of user profiles."
>
>
Changed the wording on these two and some other sentences. However,
suggestions to improvements are welcomed especially from native speakers.



> ###
>
> OK, all for now.
>
> Best,
> ~Shawn
>
>