Re: CFC: Silver TF Work Statement

+1 to the CfC as currently posted, and an additional +1 to Andrew's latest
point.

While Gregg's proposed edits could be seen as providing more context, the
current draft that others have +1'd does not have that language, and yet
was accepted. As Andrew notes, this is a Work Statement and not a contract
for delivery, and this Working Group had sufficient time to review and
address the draft prior to the call for consensus.

Question: are we prepared to re-open this to adjust the language and then
send it out for another CfC?

   - If the answer is no, then I propose we accept the Work Statement as
   is.
   - If the answer is yes, then we re-open the draft, make the edits*, and
   send it back out for a second round of CfC (per W3C process).


(* If we do choose to make the edits, I'd also like to note that "...access
beyond http,..." should be changed to "...access beyond http/https,..." to
reflect the increased need and impact that secure connections to websites
holds today. If we're going to be pedantically specific with our
wordsmithing, lets go all the way <smile>).

JF

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Detlev Fischer <detlev.fischer@testkreis.de>
wrote:

> 1+ to CfC Silver TF work Statement.
>
> I like Greggs addition and do not think it puts undue emphasis on
> conversational interfaces - this clearly is an growth area not covered yet,
> and its mention does not look as if it would smother other concerns.
>
> Sent from phone
>
> Am 01.11.2016 um 21:48 schrieb Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>:
>
> I don’t think that the existing statement is ignoring future technology
> advance, it is just being very open-ended:
> "These guidelines will address current technological and cultural web
> accessibility requirements and provide a base for continued evolution of
> the guidelines.”
>
> As this has been surveyed for feedback and discussed on the call as well,
> the question that I need to ask Gregg is whether you can live with it as
> written. This is the key question for EVERY CfC because we kick off the CfC
> when the chairs feel that there has been opportunity for discussion on a
> topic (list discussion, survey, telecon) and a group consensus has
> emerged.  It is not the time to offer minor tweaks, it is the time to ask
> “Can I live with this?”.
>
> As this is a simple work statement, we can change this at any time, so I’m
> not particularly worried about this getting changed if it needs to. I’m
> more worried about our ability to efficiently execute CfC’s without needing
> to restart the review clock for small changes that may not be essential.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Standards and Accessibility
> Adobe
>
> akirkpat@adobe.com
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
>
> From: Katie GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 16:28
> To: "'White, Jason J'" <jjwhite@ets.org>, CAE-Vanderhe <
> gregg@raisingthefloor.org>, Jeanne Spellman <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.
> com>
> Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Subject: RE: CFC: Silver TF Work Statement
> Resent-From: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Resent-Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 16:29
>
> +1 – I also like Gregg’s second edits
>
>
>
> ​​​​​
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> ** katie **
>
>
>
> *Katie Haritos-Shea*
> *Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA)*
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> *From:* White, Jason J [mailto:jjwhite@ets.org <jjwhite@ets.org>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 1, 2016 4:14 PM
> *To:* Gregg Vanderheiden <gregg@raisingthefloor.org>; Jeanne Spellman <
> jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com>
> *Cc:* GLWAI Guidelines WG org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject:* RE: CFC: Silver TF Work Statement
>
>
>
> +1 to Gregg’s paragraph and to his partial but insightful list of upcoming
> technological developments.
>
>
>
> *From:* Gregg Vanderheiden [mailto:gregg@raisingthefloor.org
> <gregg@raisingthefloor.org>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 1, 2016 4:10 PM
> *To:* Jeanne Spellman <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.com>
> *Cc:* GLWAI Guidelines WG org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: CFC: Silver TF Work Statement
>
>
>
> Sounds fine to me.
>
>
>
> Was just trying to make it sound like more than just  "and future
> technologies”  that sounds more like boiler plate.    Was trying to point
> to at least one development (perhaps the most disruptive development) that
> really calls for us to rethink accessibility going forward.     But we also
> need to look at the marriage of content and authorship and user agents.
>  soooo
>
>
>
> how about the following  to stimulate with out focusing on just what I
> had.
>
>
>
> I think this will be the most read paragraph — and it is good to get
> people thinking broadly ( I think just saying Future tech will not inspire
> any thought —  nor inspire any forward thinking people or technologists to
> join us - which we need.   )
>
>
>
> but this is not a  MUST HAVE if people are not comfortable adding it.   I
> just think it makes the objective more interesting — and get us thinking
> beyond “fixing/adding SC” .
>
> Objective
>
> The objective of the task force is to perform preliminary development of a
> new version of Accessibility Guidelines following a research-focused,
> user-centered design methodology to produce the most effective and flexible
> outcome. Code-named "Silver", these guidelines will address the process of
> making content and functionality accessible to people with disabilities,
> including the roles of content authoring, user agent support, and authoring
> tool support. These guidelines will address current technological and
> cultural web accessibility requirements, but also look to where the web
> and broadening internet technologies are headed (conversational interfaces,
> the merging of content and authoring, access beyond http, custom user
> agents, and more), in order to provide a base for continued evolution of
> the guidelines.
>
>
>
>
> *gregg*
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Jeanne Spellman <jspellman@spellmanconsulting.
> com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I like the idea, although I don't think that verbal and conversational
> interfaces should have a special callout, as that implies that it would be
> the focus of new technologies we are addressing.  We certainly want to
> include them, but not to the exclusion of others.  It brings too much
> attention to them, IMO.
>
> How about this language?
>
> These guidelines will address technological and cultural web accessibility
> requirements. These guidelines strive to anticipate where the web and other
> internet technologies are headed so that the guidelines can continue to
> evolve.
>
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> On 11/1/2016 1:11 PM, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>
> Friendly amendment
>
>
>
> I think that the objective should contain something that relates to
>  future technologies.
>
>
> Objective
>
> The objective of the task force is to perform preliminary development of a
> new version of Accessibility Guidelines following a research-focused,
> user-centered design methodology to produce the most effective and flexible
> outcome. Code-named "Silver", these guidelines will address the process of
> making content and functionality accessible to people with disabilities,
> including the roles of content authoring, user agent support, and authoring
> tool support. These guidelines will address current technological and
> cultural web accessibility requirements, but also look to where the web
> and broadening internet technologies are headed, including verbal and
> conversational interfaces, in order to and provide a base for continued
> evolution of the guidelines.
>
>
> *gregg*
>
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> +1 to this CfC
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> AWK
>
>
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>
> Group Product Manager, Standards and Accessibility
>
> Adobe
>
>
>
> akirkpat@adobe.com
>
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
>
>
>
> *From: *"josh@interaccess.ie" <josh@interaccess.ie>
> *Reply-To: *"josh@interaccess.ie" <josh@interaccess.ie>
> *Date: *Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 12:46
> *To: *WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject: *CFC: Silver TF Work Statement
> *Resent-From: *WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Resent-Date: *Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 12:43
>
>
>
> CALL FOR CONSENSUS – ends Thursday Nov 3rd at 5:00pm Boston time.
>
> This is a proposed work statement for the Silver TF that was surveyed,
> discussed on the WG call, and approved (http://www.w3.org/2016/11/01-
> wai-wcag-minutes.html).
>
> The original TF work statement can be seen:  https://www.w3.org/WAI/
> GL/task-forces/silver/work-statement
>
> If you have concerns about this proposed consensus position that have not
> been discussed already and feel that those concerns result in you “not
> being able to live with” this position, please let the group know before
> the CfC deadline.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Joshue O Connor | Director
>
> *InterAccess.ie <http://interaccess.ie/> - Accessible UX*
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