Re: Working on New Styles for W3C Specifications

From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com<mailto:lorettaguarino@google.com>>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:45:05 -0800
To: Adobe Systems <vhardy@adobe.com<mailto:vhardy@adobe.com>>
Cc: "chairs@w3.org<mailto:chairs@w3.org>" <chairs@w3.org<mailto:chairs@w3.org>>, "spec-prod@w3.org<mailto:spec-prod@w3.org>" <spec-prod@w3.org<mailto:spec-prod@w3.org>>
Subject: Re: Working on New Styles for W3C Specifications

Speaking of all the contrast issues, can we please ensure that the new style meets WCAG 2.0 AA? I haven't yet done an analysis, but this should be a requirement.

Noted on the wiki: http://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/spec-styling#loretta-guarino-reid

Thanks,
Vincent.


Thanks,
Loretta

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Vincent Hardy <vhardy@adobe.com<mailto:vhardy@adobe.com>> wrote:
Dear Working Group Chairs,

As part of editorial work in the CSS and SVG Working Groups, I have started a specification styling project to improve the readability of our specifications. I have been working with Ben Schwarz, a designer and typographer with experience [1] in this area. I will also be working with Elika Etemad and Divya Manian on this effort. We have an Editor's Draft that illustrates the draft styles:

http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-transforms/
(select the 'additional spec. style toggle in the upper right).

and also:
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/tip/custom/index.html
(which uses the style by default).

If you are interested in providing feedback on the styles or wish to participate in this project, please contact me, otherwise no actions are required of your group. In a few months, in coordination with the W3C Comm Team, we will assess the feedback we receive and determine whether we should seek broader adoption of the styles.

Thank you,

Vincent Hardy

[1] http://developers.whatwg.org/