Re: CFC - COGA document split

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On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 10:09 AM 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.
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> This CfC seeks consensus to split the existing COGA Gap Analysis Working
> Draft publication into two separate note-track documents.
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> 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.
>
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> If this Call for Consensus fails, no change will result.
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> If the Call for Consensus is approved:
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> 1. The existing COGA Gap Analysis document will be split into two separate
> note track documents as follows:
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> - Gap Analysis
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> https://w3c.github.io/coga/gap-analysis/
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>
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> - 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/
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>
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> 2. Standing permission for COGA to publish updated working drafts will be
> authorized for both documents.
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>
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> 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.
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>
>
> ACTION TO TAKE
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> 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*.
>
>
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> 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.
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> Thanking you for your attention on this question,
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>
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> Alastair Campbell
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> AG Co-Chair
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> Janina Sajka
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> APA Chair
>


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