- From: Yehya Mohamad <yehya.mohamad@fit.fraunhofer.de>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 09:08:11 +0200
- To: public-wai-rd@w3.org
Dear Christos, I have added at the end of the page two sections: Symposium Chairs Scientific Committee new members of the scientific committee will be added soon. Best regards, Yehya On 09.05.2013 08:40, Simon Harper wrote: > Thanks Christos, > > Shawn, do these account for you changes and concerns? > > All, please give us comments as we would like to get this out ASAP. > > Cheers > > > On 08/05/13 17:47, Christos Kouroupetroglou wrote: >> 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) >> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/CfP_Email:_User_Modeling_for_Accessibility_%28UM4A%29> >> >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> Dr. Christos Kouroupetroglou >> Web Accessibility Research & Engineering >> Website: http://aetos.it.teithe.gr/~kourou/ >> <http://aetos.it.teithe.gr/%7Ekourou/> >> Blog: http://a11y2020.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> 2013/4/30 Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org <mailto: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/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> 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> >> >> >> 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> and >> TC4R is not in <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 >> >>
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