- From: Eric Eggert <ee@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:48:28 +0100
- To: "Laura Carlson" <lcarlson@d.umn.edu>
- Cc: "Andrew Arch" <andrew@intopia.digital>, w3c-wai-eo@w3.org, "Shawn Henry" <shawn@w3.org>
[- lots of people in CC :-)] Hi Laura, Just to clarify: The laws and policies page only collects laws & policies of countries and their states/provinces/territories and not of other entities, like universities. 👋 Eric On 21 Nov 2019, at 10:37, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi Andrew and all, > > The University of Minnesota's policy was updated to 2.1. > https://policy.umn.edu/it/webaccess > > Kind Regards, > Laura > > On 11/20/19, Andrew Arch <andrew@intopia.digital> wrote: >> Hi Mitchell, >> >> Any assistance to update the EU's EN 301 549 and any others you know >> have >> moved to WCAG 2.1 would be most appreciated. >> >> Regarding no WCAG 2.1 appearing in the filters, Eric advises that >> this is >> because no policy entries have been tagged as 2.1 yet. If we update >> the EN >> 301 549 entry to V3.1.1 and flag it as WCAG 2.1, then all should be >> good. >> >> Cheers, Andrew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mitchell Evan <mitchell.evan@levelaccess.com> >> Sent: Thursday, 21 November 2019 4:49 AM >> To: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>; Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>; >> Andrew >> Arch <andrew@intopia.digital> >> Cc: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org; Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com>; Judy >> Brewer >> <jbrewer@w3.org>; Sarah Pulis <sarah@intopia.digital> >> Subject: RE: WCAG 2.1 update to Laws and Policies? >> >> Hi Shawn and Phill, >> >> I'll offer to contribute some content updates for Laws and Policies. >> Specifically, I can submit pull requests with examples of EN 301 549 >> and >> WCAG 2.1 adoption for web and non-web ICT, which I've researched for >> our >> clients and for my upcoming CSUN presentation. >> >> I don't know how to add WCAG 2.1 as a search option, but I wouldn't >> worry if >> WCAG 2.0 searches yield WCAG 2.1 examples in country pages for a >> while. This >> would be technically accurate because 2.1 is a superset of 2.0. >> >> Mitchell Evan >> Lead Accessibility Architect >> Level Access >> 415.802.1914 (Office) >> 510.375.6104 (Cell) >> >> The information contained in this transmission may be attorney >> privileged >> and/or confidential information intended for the use of the >> individual or >> entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended >> recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, >> distribution >> or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 8:26 AM >> To: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>; Andrew Arch >> <andrew@intopia.digital> >> Cc: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org; Mary Jo Mueller <maryjom@us.ibm.com>; Judy >> Brewer >> <jbrewer@w3.org>; Sarah Pulis <sarah@intopia.digital> >> Subject: Re: WCAG 2.1 update to Laws and Policies? >> >> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do >> not >> click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and >> know the >> content is safe. >> >> >> Hi Phill, >> >> EOWG fully intends to update it. The EOWG participants who were >> tasked with >> leading the update work have not been able to make time for it. >> >> We will work on getting other(s) to update it. >> >> Best, >> ~Shawn & for Brent & Sharron >> <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/> >> >> >> On 11/19/2019 10:02 AM, Phill Jenkins wrote: >>> _https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/_ >>> >>> Web Accessibility Laws & Policies >>> [last] Updated 21 March 2018. >>> >>> Is there a plan or expectation to update the Laws & Policies >>> information >>> for WCAG 2.1 adoption? >>> Currently there seems to be *no* references mentioning WCAG 2.1 >>> conformance. >>> >>> For example, EN 301 549 has been update to now reference WCAG 2.1 EN >>> 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08) >>> _https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/301500_301599/301549/02.01.02_60 >>> /en_301549v020102p.pdf_ >>> ___________ >>> Regards, >>> Phill Jenkins >>> *S**l**a**c**k*:**_#accessibility-at-ibm_ >>> <slack://channel?team=T073LUXEU&id=C036P1CTN> >>> Check out the new system for requesting an IBM product Accessibility >>> Conformance Report VPAT(r)at _able.ibm.com/request_ >>> <https://able.ibm.com/request/> pjenkins@us.ibm.com Accessibility >>> Executive IBM Accessibility >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Laura L. Carlson > Information Technology Systems and Services > University of Minnesota Duluth > Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 > http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ -- Eric Eggert Web Accessibility Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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