Re: ACT Rules Format 1.0 is a Web Standard "W3C Recommendation"

Congrats and thanks to everyone in the TF, especially our awesome editors, co-chairs and staff contact who worked so hard to get this done! Woot!

Best,
Romain.

> On 31 Oct 2019, at 17:28, Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear ACT Task Force,
> 
> Many thanks and congratulations on the publication of ACT Rules Format as a W3C Recommendation! This is your accomplishment.
> 
> Our first official meeting was on Thursday 8th September 2016:
> - https://www.w3.org/2016/09/08-auto-wcag-minutes.html
> 
> Just about 3 years later we have fulfilled our Work Statement:
> - https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/conformance-testing/work-statement
> 
> I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all of you who worked hard on making this happen. You will be forever listed in the spec:
> - https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#participants
> 
> I would also like to extend particular thanks to Wilco and Mary Jo who co-chaired the group and were co-editors together with Moe!
> 
> I look forward to working with you on the next phase of getting more rules published by the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AGWG)!
> 
> Best,
>  Shadi
> 
> 
> On 31/10/2019 15:50, Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
>> Dear WAI Interest Group,
>> The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AG WG) and the ACT Task Force published
>>      Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.0
>> as a “W3C Recommendation” web standard at
>>      https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
>> ACT Rules Format defines a format for writing accessibility test rules. These rules can then be shared, compared, and implemented by developers of automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies. This contributes to a common set of rules and harmonized interpretation of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). More info is in the ACT Overview at <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/>
>> W3C groups are providing vetted testing rules that follow the ACT Rules Format.
>> * Rules that are formally published by W3C WAI are listed in the Overview page: <https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/#act-rules-repository>
>> * Suggested rules in development by the ACT Rules Community Group are listed at: <https://act-rules.github.io/rules/>
>> For more information and examples of organizations already using ACT, see the blog post:
>>      Calibrate Your Accessibility Evaluation With ACT
>> https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/10/calibrate-your-accessibility-evaluation-with-act 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)
>

Received on Thursday, 31 October 2019 20:53:59 UTC