Re: CFC - COGA document split

+1

/Denis


*Denis Boudreau, CPWA* | Principal Accessibility Consultant & Training Lead
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:27 AM Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> +1
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Laura
>
> On 11/28/18, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
> > This is a request from the Cognitive and Learning Disabilities (COGA)
> Task
> > Force to both of COGA's parent WAI Working Groups, the Accessible
> Platform
> > Architectures (APA) Working Group, and the Accessible Guidelines (AG)
> > Working Group.
> >
> > This CfC seeks consensus to split the existing COGA Gap Analysis Working
> > Draft publication into two separate note-track documents.
> >
> > As work on the existing Gap Analysis document has progressed, what began
> as
> > an Appendix has grown in import and size to the extent that COGA now
> > believes our target audience for these documents is better served by two
> > separate documents rather than a single document. That is the basis for
> this
> > CfC.
> >
> > If this Call for Consensus fails, no change will result.
> >
> > If the Call for Consensus is approved:
> >
> > 1. The existing COGA Gap Analysis document will be split into two
> separate
> > note track documents as follows:
> >
> > - Gap Analysis
> > https://w3c.github.io/coga/gap-analysis/
> >
> > - A First Public Working Draft (FPWD) of "Making content usable for
> people
> > with cognitive and learning disabilities" will be authorized:
> > https://w3c.github.io/coga/content-usable/
> >
> > 2. Standing permission for COGA to publish updated working drafts will be
> > authorized for both documents.
> >
> > Please note that there is a 'Design Themes' section in the new document
> > which has links to a third document. There is still discussion about the
> > name and optimal disposition of that third document. Whether or not it
> > eventually becomes an additional note track document is not part of this
> > CfC.
> >
> > ACTION TO TAKE
> >
> > This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of
> > support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though
> messages
> > of support are certainly welcome.
> >
> > If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this
> > proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later
> than
> > Midnight Boston Time on Tuesday 4th December.
> >
> > IMPORTANT: If you are a member of both AG and APA you should vote on both
> > CfCs. AG and APA need to determine whether a consensus exists
> independently
> > of each other.
> >
> > Thanking you for your attention on this question,
> >
> > Alastair Campbell
> > AG Co-Chair
> >
> > Janina Sajka
> > APA Chair
> >
>
>
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
>
>