Re: AW: AW: WCAG-EM - Working Draft - Pre-Publication Draft

Thanks Loretta and Kerstin - good points from you both.

josh

Kerstin Probiesch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> then  I propose to pay greater attention on what a survey is about. Probably
> it was just that someone forgot the "final" while creating the survey :-)
>
>> Yes, just to support Shadi here, we are very interested in using the
>> publication of the WCAG-EM to further discussion and debate in this area.
>>
>> Do bear in mind that this document is ultimately intended to be an
>> informative W3C Working Group Note, so it's not normative.
>
> It may not be normative when we think in W3C-categories. If WCAG-EM would
> "only" be a publication for further discussion and debate I would not
> insist. And i t is not that I want to upset someone.  As said before WCAG-EM
> is explicitly mentioned in M376-Documents: "European Accessibility
> Requirements for Public Procurement of Products and Services in the ICT
> Domain".  And I believe it is very likely that WCAG-EM will have a certain
> degree of liability and impact for Public Procurement in Europe when it is
> officially published, especially because WCAG-EM is part of WAI-Act, a
> European Commission Project. So it is not unreasonable that it will become
> "somehow" normative in Europe while the document itself is just informative.
>
>
> Best
>
> Kerstin
>
>> I hope this helps
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
>>> Hi Kerstin,
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure I've mentioned it during the calls. But what is the
>>> actual concern? It is still open whether the scoring section will
>>> remain in the document and in what form. Part of the decision to
>>> publish was to seek more input from the public into this discussion.
>>>
>>> Apart from the issues highlighted in the "Status of the Document"
>>> section (which include scoring), we believe the document is fairly
>>> mature and we would like to conclude the work at some point...
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Shadi
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4.2.2014 14:38, Kerstin Probiesch wrote:
>>>> Hi Shadi,
>>>>
>>>> during the telefonference I agreed, despite strong reservations
>>>> especially against a scoring system which is not proven by data, to
>>>> publish it as a Working Draft. This is also what the WG-Survey said.
>>>> That WCAG-EM was intended as last public Working Draft was in my
>>>> opinion not communicated.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>> Kerstin
>>>>
>>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>> Von: Shadi Abou-Zahra [mailto:shadi@w3.org]
>>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Februar 2014 14:14
>>>>> An: Kerstin Probiesch
>>>>> Cc: WCAG WG
>>>>> Betreff: Re: WCAG-EM - Working Draft - Pre-Publication Draft
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Kerstin,
>>>>>
>>>>> It is intended to be the last public Working Draft.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Shadi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4.2.2014 13:57, Kerstin Probiesch wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Joshue, Andrew, all
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm a bit confused and surprised about the status of WCAG-EM. The
>>>>>> WG-Survey
>>>>>> said: "This survey is to seek approval for publication of the
>>>>>> WCAG-EM Editor Draft of 29 November 2013 as a public _Working
>>>>>> Draft_ for further review", but the actual status now is
> "Pre-Publication
>> Draft"
>>>> (final
>>>>> Working Draft).
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kerstin
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Activity Lead,
>>>>> W3C/WAI International Program Office Evaluation and Repair Tools
>>>>> Working Group (ERT WG) Research and Development Working Group
>> (RDWG)
>>>>
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