RE: CFC - WCAG2ICT Work Statement

Hi Wilco,

We did have discussions on this, but the discussion didn’t get captured in the meeting minutes. Perhaps because the discussion was pretty brief. My recollections from the conversation (those in the Task Force who have a different recollection, please chime in):

  *   The group didn’t want to initially commit to the extra time to shepherd it into a W3C Statement.
  *   We want to focus on getting the content in there, and potentially on a second round of updates (Phase 2) before potentially pursuing a W3C statement.

I believe Michael Cooper said that this wasn’t the type of document that a W3C Statement was meant to be used for. Michael, correct me if I characterized that incorrectly.

If it can eventually be a W3C statement, we can revisit at a later date. The contents of the work statement doesn’t necessarily preclude that from happening, IMO. It has to be an updated Note first.

Mary Jo Mueller
IBM Accessibility Standards

From: Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com>
Date: Friday, October 21, 2022 at 6:42 AM
To: Bradley-Montgomery, Rachael <rmontgomery@loc.gov>
Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: CFC - WCAG2ICT Work Statement
Hey folks, I wanted to ask if the group considered having WCAG2ICT become a W3C Statement (https: //www. w3. org/2021/Process-20211102/#statement), rather than a Group Note. W3C Statements weren't a thing when WCAG2ICT was initially developed,
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Hey folks,
I wanted to ask if the group considered having WCAG2ICT become a W3C Statement (https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#statement<https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#statement>), rather than a Group Note. W3C Statements weren't a thing when WCAG2ICT was initially developed, but it is now. It would give more weight to the document if it had the full endorsement of the W3C, rather than it merely being a working group decision.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 1:56 AM Bradley-Montgomery, Rachael <rmontgomery@loc.gov<mailto:rmontgomery@loc.gov>> wrote:
Call For Consensus — ends Wednesday October 26th at midnight Boston time.

The WCAG2ICT Task Force and Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has come to consensus on the WCAG2ICT Work Statement. You can review the works statement at  WCAG2ICT Draft Work Statement<https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/wcag2ict/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 decision, please let the group know before the CfC deadline.



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Wilco Fiers
Axe-core & Axe-linter product owner - WCAG 3 Project Manager - Facilitator ACT Task Force
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