Re: ACT Rules Format 1.0 is a W3C Proposed Recommendation

+100, Congrats everyone!

Romain.

> On 30 Jul 2019, at 12:14, Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com> wrote:
> 
> Hurray! Congratulations everyone!
> 
> Thank you Shadi for sharing this message. This is great news!
> 
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:12 AM Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org <mailto:shadi@w3.org>> wrote:
> Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
> 
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 has been 
> published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation:
>    - https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/ <https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/>
> 
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 specifies a 
> common format for accessibility test rules. Examples of ACT Rules 
> written in accordance with this specification are continuously developed 
> by the W3C ACT Rules Community Group (previously called Auto-WCAG 
> Community Group):
>    - https://act-rules.github.io/rules/ <https://act-rules.github.io/rules/>
>    - https://www.w3.org/community/act-r/ <https://www.w3.org/community/act-r/>
> 
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 is a stable 
> document that successfully passed several rounds of review. The 
> implementation report lists examples of ACT Rules and implementations of 
> these rules, to demonstrate that this specification can be applied in 
> practice. We invite further development and implementation of ACT Rules 
> by developers of automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies:
>    - https://w3c.github.io/wcag-act/act-implementations.html <https://w3c.github.io/wcag-act/act-implementations.html>
> 
> The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0 and 
> resulting ACT Rules are intended to help reduce conflicting 
> interpretations in accessibility testing. Writing rules according to a 
> common standard facilitates exchange and harmonization among developers. 
> This allows for more transparency and reliability of accessibility 
> testing, and helps increase adoption and implementation.
> 
> A blog post Harmonizing Accessibility Testing provides more background 
> and discussion on Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT):
>    - https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/07/harmonized-accessibility-testing/ <https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/07/harmonized-accessibility-testing/>
> 
> Proposed Recommendation means that the specification is ready for final 
> sign-off by W3C Member organizations. Comments from the public are 
> welcome too. Proposed Recommendation and other document stages are 
> introduced in How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C 
> Process at:
>    - http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/w3c-process>
> 
> Please follow the instructions in the Status of This Document section if 
> you want to comment on this document. If you work for a W3C Member 
> organization, please ask your Advisory Committee (AC) Representative to 
> provide feedback. Comments are welcome through 24 September 2019:
>    - https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#status <https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#status>
> 
> Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for 
> your comments and support.
> 
> Regards,
>    Andrew Kirkpatrick, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
>    Alastair Campbell, Accessibility Guidelines WG Chair,
>    Wilco Fiers, ACT TF Facilitator,
>    Mary Jo Mueller, ACT TF Facilitator,
>    Michael Cooper, Accessibility Guidelines WG W3C Staff Contact,
>    Shadi Abou-Zahra, ACT TF W3C Staff Contact
> 
> -- 
> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ <http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/>
> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Wilco Fiers
> Axe product owner - Co-facilitator WCAG-ACT - Chair ACT-R / Auto-WCAG
> 
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