- From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 00:49:53 -0400
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Cc: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, Al Gilman <alfred.s.gilman@ieee.org>, Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>
Patrick, Here is additional information on your question about what role WAI has in working with other W3C Working Groups to ensure the accessibility of W3C specifications currently under development. WAI's Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) has, as part of its mission, reviewing specifications under development in other W3C Working Groups in to ensure consideration of accessibility-related needs. PFWG's home page is at http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/ Its charter, describing its scope of work is available http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/charter200612 and there is a page describing participation http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/participation.html For the purpose you describe, participation on the wai-xtech list (see the PFWG participation page above) would be a good place to discuss accessibility issues that you are tracking in the HTML Working Group. Because of the volume of work that PFWG needs to monitor, it is helpful to have people on wai-xtech monitoring the HTML WG traffic, and catching issues that need discussion. In addition, the HTML WG has requirements in their charter to work with WAI, and PFWG in particular: http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html#coordination I've copying Al Gilman, Chair of PFWG; and Michael Cooper, Staff Contact for PFWG; so that you can also be in touch with them as needed. Regards, - Judy At 02:06 PM 5/13/2007 +0100, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: >Could I just check (I seem to remember reading something long these lines >somewhere, but can't find it now): does WAI have a mandate to work with >other WGs to ensure the accessibility of any specs currently being developed? > >I ask mainly because of growing concerns in some accessibility quarters >about some of the seemingly arbitrary changes and additions being made to >HTML5, and wondering if WAI's mandate demands that they work with the HTML >WG or not (or vice-versa, if WGs are required to work with WAI) > >Or am I just remembering things wrong? > >P >-- >Patrick H. Lauke >______________________________________________________________ >re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively >[latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] >www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk >http://redux.deviantart.com >______________________________________________________________ >Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force >http://webstandards.org/ >______________________________________________________________ >Take it to the streets ... join the WaSP Street Team >http://streetteam.webstandards.org/ >______________________________________________________________ -- Judy Brewer +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MIT/CSAIL Building 32-G526 32 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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