- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:48:23 -0400
- To: W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>, WAI XTech <wai-xtech@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Call for Proposals: Use Cases, Requirements and Specification Inputs Independent User Interface Task Force World Wide Web Consortium 18 June 2012 The WAI Independent User Interface (IndieUI) Working Group and the Web Events Working Group are now seeking proposals from W3C members for their two joint deliverables: 1.) Indie UI: Events 1.0, an abstraction between device-specific user interaction events and inferred user intent such as scroll, activate, etc. This provides an intermediate layer between device- and modality-specific user interaction events, and the basic user interface functionality used by Web applications. Indie UI: Events focuses on granular user interface interactions such as scrolling the view, canceling an action, changing the value of a user input widget, selecting a range, placing focus on an object, etc. Implementing platforms will take modality-specific user input, user idiosyncratic heuristics to determine the specific corresponding Indie UI event, and send that to the Web application (along with details of the modality-specific input such as mouse or keyboard events should applications wish to process it). 2.) Indie UI: User Context 1.0, a set of properties and methods related to the environmental context of a specific user, and a vehicle to access them to facilitate a Web application's ability to adapt to the user's needs. This is meant to provide information about whether a user is using a screen reader, screen magnifier, or other Assistive Technology, and to expose relevant user settings, allowing optimal adaptation of the Web application's user interface. In addition to inputs for the above deliverables, we also welcome and encourage Use Cases and Requirements for these deliverables. Please see the related wiki that includes some initial Use Case inputs: http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/wiki/Use_Cases_and_Requirements Proposals received will be evaluated for use as initial starting points in the creation of these deliverables by the IndieUI Task Force, which is the locus of joint work on these deliverables for the WAI_IndieUI WG and the Web Events WG. Proposals should be submitted by 15 July 2012, and should be submitted to the IndieUI Task Force's email list (public-indie-ui@w3.org). Proposals submitted after that date are still welcome but may not be included in First Public Working Drafts. More information concerning the work of the IndieUI Task Force, including instructions on how to participate, is available on the IndieUI Task Force Home Page: http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/IUITF The WAI Independent User Interface (IndieUI) Working Group Home Page is at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ The Web Events Working Group Home Page is at: http://www.w3.org/2010/webevents/ -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net The Linux Foundation Chair, Open Accessibility: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
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