[techs] Summary of techniques teleconference 24 March 2004

PRESENT

Wendy Chisholm
Tom Croucher
Don Evans
Ben Caldwell
Michael Cooper
Lisa Seeman
Chris Ridpath


DISCUSSION

Brief discussion of CSS techniques - Wendy talked with Dave Shea and
Christopher Schmidt who will submit techniques once we have the public
submission process ready. Ian Lloyd [1] and James Craig [2] have worked out
a lot of techniques on their sites as well.

The public submission process is close to ready. If successful, it may
generate a lot of techniques, so we discussed how we can reduce our workload
in vetting techniques. A public rating process could help but could also
discourage input if it turns negative. We'll see how things go and reopen
this discussion if the volume warrants it.

Testing - Chris has done a lot of work on creating test files, and has
created a set of test files grouped by guideline [3] and a list of all
checks [4]. Mapping to the guidelines is next but the current mapping (done
in January) has gone out of date with the release of the new WCAG draft.
We'll deal with this and then Chris will be able to determine the
completeness of his resource. Meanwhile, people should look at his tests and
comment.

IRC log of discussion at http://www.w3.org/2004/03/24-wai-wcag-irc (though
broken link at time of sending)


ACTION ITEMS

Michael: Put mapping to WCAG 2 in HTML Techniques draft
Everyone: People should look at Chris's checks, and comment on ER list


REFERENCES

[1] http://www.accessify.com/
[2] http://cookiecrook.com/
[3] http://tile-cridpath.atrc.utoronto.ca/acheck/servlet/ShowGuide
[4] http://tile-cridpath.atrc.utoronto.ca/acheck/servlet/ShowCheck

--- Signature ---

Michael Cooper
Accessibility Product Manager, Watchfire
1 Hines Rd Suite 200, Kanata, ON  K2K 3C7  Canada
Tel: +1 (613) 599-3888 x4019
Fax: +1 (613) 599-4661
Email: michaelc@watchfire.com
Web: http://www.watchfire.com/

Received on Friday, 26 March 2004 11:02:02 UTC