- From: Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:14:44 +0200
- To: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>, Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com>, Accessibility Conformance Testing <public-wcag-act@w3.org>, Moe Kraft <maureen_kraft@us.ibm.com>
- Message-ID: <CAHVyjGOgZHW=pHmz0_ABOs4E+0KSp5RrX+GkaAMmmQEA2mrObQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> 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/ > > 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://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 > > 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/ > > 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 > > 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 > > 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/ > 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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