Fwd: IndieUI Call For Proposals

The "Independent User Interface" WG (aka IndieUI) was started a few 
weeks ago [Charter] and they now have a CfP for the group's two 
specifications: IndieUI Events, and IndieUI User Context. Details below.

-AB

[Charter] http://www.w3.org/2012/05/indie-ui-charter

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Subject: 	IndieUI Call For Proposals
Resent-Date: 	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:44:24 +0000
Resent-From: 	<public-indie-ui@w3.org>
Date: 	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:43:56 -0400
From: 	ext Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
To: 	Independent User Interface Task Force <public-indie-ui@w3.org>



       Call for Proposals: Use Cases, Requirements and Specification Inputs
		     Independent User Interface Task Force
			   World Wide Web Consortium
				  18 June 2012

The WAI Independent User Interface (IndieUI) Working Group and the Web Events
Working Group are now seeking proposals from W3C members for their  two joint
deliverables:

1.)	Indie UI: Events 1.0, an abstraction between device-specific user
interaction events and inferred user intent such as scroll, activate, etc. This
provides an intermediate layer between device- and modality-specific user
interaction events, and the basic user interface functionality used by Web
applications. Indie UI: Events focuses on granular user interface interactions
such as scrolling the view, canceling an action, changing the value of a user
input widget, selecting a range, placing focus on an object, etc.  Implementing
platforms will take modality-specific user input, user idiosyncratic heuristics
to determine the specific corresponding Indie UI event, and send that to the
Web application (along with details of the modality-specific input such as
mouse or keyboard events should applications wish to process it).

2.)	Indie UI: User Context 1.0, a set of properties and methods related to
the environmental context of a specific user, and a vehicle to access them to
facilitate a Web application's ability to adapt to the user's needs. This is
meant to provide information about whether a user is using a screen reader,
screen magnifier, or other Assistive Technology, and to expose relevant user
settings, allowing optimal adaptation of the Web application's user interface.

In addition to inputs for the above deliverables, we also welcome and encourage
Use Cases and Requirements for these deliverables. Please see the related wiki
that includes some initial Use Case inputs:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements

Proposals received will be evaluated for use as initial starting points in the
creation of these deliverables by the IndieUI Task Force, which is the locus of
joint work on these deliverables for the WAI_IndieUI WG and the Web Events WG.

Proposals should be submitted by 15 July 2012, and should be submitted to the
IndieUI Task Force's email list (public-indie-ui@w3.org).  Proposals submitted
after that date are still welcome but may not be included in First Public
Working Drafts.

More information concerning the work of the IndieUI Task Force, including
instructions on how to participate, is available on the IndieUI Task Force Home
Page:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/IUITF

The WAI Independent User Interface (IndieUI) Working Group Home Page is at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/

The Web Events Working Group Home Page is at:
http://www.w3.org/2010/webevents/


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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	janina@rednote.net

The Linux Foundation
Chair, Open Accessibility:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair,	Protocols&  Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/

Received on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:40:25 UTC