- From: Steven Faulkner <steven.faulkner@nils.org.au>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:51:17 +1000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Walter Kiessl and his colleagues from WEB for ALL [http://www.webforall.info/] have worked with WAT-C to produce the German localisation of the Web Accessibility Toolbar: Download WAT DE version 1.2 (758 KB , exe file)[ http://www.wat-c.org/WAT/versions/de/WAT_DE_1-2.exe ] WAT-C thanks Walter and friends for their time and effort on this project! - Friday, June 2, 2006 with regards Steven Faulkner Web Accessibility Consultant vision australia - information & library service 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 Phone: (613) 9864 9281 Fax: (613) 9864 9210 Email: steven.faulkner@nils.org.au www.accessibleinfo.org.au | www.wat-c.org Download the Web Accessibility Toolbar [http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/toolbar/] Vision Australia was formed through the merger of the Royal Blind Society NSW, the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Vision Australia Foundation and the National Information & Library Service. ABN: 67 108 391 831 ACN: 108 391 831 > -----Original Message----- > From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On > Behalf Of Judy Brewer > Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2006 7:11 AM > To: Ryonaitis@aol.com; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > Cc: gv@trace.wisc.edu; wendy@w3.org; caldwell@trace.wisc.edu > Subject: Re: Extending Deadline on WCAG 2.0 Last Call Review > [was: Fwd: > Call for Rev... > > > > Hi Rob, > > Thanks for your question. > > Adding back the part on that from the extension notice, and > then I'll add > some more explanation: > > >>1. The deadline for comments on the Last Call Working Draft > only applies > >>to the Guidelines document itself. The supporting documents > >>("Understanding WCAG 2.0" and "Techniques for WCAG 2.0") do > not have a > >>deadline for comments, though you may find them helpful in > understanding > >>or implementing the provisions in the guidelines. We > welcome comments on > >>the supporting documents in addition to comments on the > guidelines, but > >>we encourage you to focus your attention on the relatively short > >>guidelines document itself during the review period. > > Your questions were: > > >Should we be reviewing and commenting on the document as we > have been > >doing but none of the WCAG 2.0 supporting documents? > > Your comments are welcome on any of the documents -- the Last > Call Working > Draft plus the supporting documents -- but the document for > which comments > are time-sensitive is the Last Call Working Draft. > > >What are we reviewing for if not clarity of the document? > > You can review it for a number of things: clarity of the wording; > appropriateness of the requirements; priority of the requirements; > feasibility; etc. > > >Don't the supporting documents help us to understand the document? > > Yes they do, which is why I said in the extension notice that > you may find > the supporting documents helpful in understanding or implementing the > provisions in the guidelines. Let's say that you're reviewing > & preparing > comments on the Last Call Working Draft, and you find some > success criteria > that are hard to understand, or where you disagree with the > requirement, or > disagree with the priority level -- in those cases it could > be important to > check the relevant material in the supporting documents, > since that would > give you more information about how the Working Group thought > that that > success criteria could be achieved, or why they thought it > was important. > But if after reading the relevant material in the supporting > document you > still disagree with the provision, or the priority level, > then the first > place that we would need to fix it would be in the normative > guidelines > document. And if the problem in the guidelines document was > insufficient > clarity, then we need to get it clear in the normative > guidelines document. > Preparing constructive comments takes time, so we're > encouraging reviewers > to focus first on the guidelines document when preparing your > comments. We > still welcome your comments on the supporting documents now or later. > > >Are there any other documents that may help us all to > understand each > >part/section of the document? > > The "Understanding WCAG 2.0" is a pretty comprenhensive > document that gives > section by section info. But yes at least three other > documents may also > be useful; all were mentioned in the review notice or the > comments page: > > - Overview for WCAG 2.0 > http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20/ > > - About Baselines and WCAG 2.0 > http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/baseline/ > > - Instructions for commenting on WCAG 2.0 > http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/ > Note that there's a Q/A about commenting at the bottom of that page > > >Perhaps there are some internal documents that can be made > public that can > >help as well? I truly appreciate any feedback you can share. > I feel that I > >personally may have been looking at the entirety of the WCAG > 2.0 documents > >and wasting much needed time! > > If you want still more info, you can find all of the working > documents for > WCAG 2.0 in public space. Look at the working group home page, under > "current work" which includes links to WCAG 2.0 issues lists and more: > http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/#Current > > I doubt that you've been wasting your time by reading the supporting > documents, since it will have given you a lot more context. > But when it > comes to writing up the comments from your review, I'd > suggest starting > first with writing up your comments on the guidelines document itself. > > The Working Group aimed for a normative document that was > relatively lean > yet that could be a definitive technical reference that is technology > independent and testable, accompanied by more in-depth > supporting resources > that people could go to when they needed more information in > a particular > area. We plan to eventually have even more supporting > resources -- for > instance, "How to meet WCAG 2.0 using HTML" would provide a developer > working primarily in HTML with a simpler document about > meeting WCAG 2.0 in > that technology. I hope that this gives you more of a picture > of how the > documents relate to each other, and how you might focus your review. > > Let me know if you have more questions, and we look forward > to your comments. > > Regards, > > - Judy > > At 03:00 PM 5/26/2006 -0400, Ryonaitis@aol.com wrote: > >Hello All: > > > >I applaud the extension for comments especially with the > summer holiday > >season beginning. I have read the comments and have one > simple question; I > >apologize in advance if this has been previously asked. > > > >Your mail stated: > > > >"...but we encourage you to focus your attention on the > relatively short > >guidelines document itself during the review period" > > > >I would appreciate your clarification. Should we be reviewing and > >commenting on the document as we have been doing but none of > the WCAG 2.0 > >supporting documents? > > > >What are we reviewing for if not clarity of the document? Don't the > >supporting documents help us to understand the document? Are > there any > >other documents that may help us all to understand each > part/section of > >the document? > > > >Perhaps there are some internal documents that can be made > public that can > >help as well? I truly appreciate any feedback you can share. > I feel that I > >personally may have been looking at the entirety of the WCAG > 2.0 documents > >and wasting much needed time! > > > >Any recommendations or perhaps a review checklist would be > great to help > >my organization complete its review. > > > >Thank you in advance! > > > >Rob Yonaitis > >HiSoftware Company & W3C Member > >Founder & CTO > > -- > > Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web > Consortium (W3C) > MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G530 > 32 Vassar Street > Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA > __________________________________________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside Later for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com
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