- From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:28:35 -0400
- To: WAI-UA list <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Hi Simon, It might be worth ensuring that someone in the UAWG is also in the Ubiquitous Web group. Cheers, Jan Simon Harper wrote: > Hi there Jan, > > Thanks for this - looking at these it seems there is a high degree of > synergy between UAAG and some of the Personalisation Roadmap and I would > hope our experience would be called up on for some of it. In some ways I > like to think of accessibility as mainly a case of extreme > personalisation. Do you think it is worth talking about this and > interacting more with the personalisation people? > > Cheers > Si. > > ======================= > > Simon Harper > University of Manchester (UK) > > Human Centred Web Lab: http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk > > My Site: http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/harper/ > My Diary (Web): > http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/harper/phpicalendar/week.php > > My Diary (Subscribe): > http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/diaries/harper/SimonHarper.ics > > > > > > On 14 Apr 2009, at 14:34, Jan Richards wrote: > >> Forwarded from Andy Heath: >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: W3C Access for All >> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:44:41 +0100 >> From: Andy Heath <andyheath@axelrod.plus.com> >> To: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca> >> CC: UAWG list <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>, Richard Schwerdtfeger >> <schwer@us.ibm.com> >> References: <1D737275-5A71-4F24-A305-02C497E777E5@manchester.ac.uk> >> <49E33C2E.1070309@utoronto.ca> >> >> >> Hi Jan, >> >> I don't know whether this will reach the UAWG list, >> which I think is read-only for me. >> You might want to forward it for me. >> >> The reason is because when one is matching resources to >> the context one needs to match to both personal preferences >> AND device properties - this is particularly the case if >> you want (as we do) content to be deliverable across >> desktop and mobile devices alike. >> >> The reference below does give the general idea >> but is a little behind where we are at with this. >> We have an ISO standard - Individualized Adaptability and >> Accessibility for eLearning, Education and Training but >> its availability is tied up in ISO formatting/publication processes >> just at the moment. Jutta worked on this too. And we are working >> to integrate that and our update of it in IMS AccessForAll 2.0 >> (draft is in edit) with the Device Context Ontology. In ISO we >> are working to integrate it with the best Metadata efforts >> in town. >> >> It is correct also that personalisation does go beyond >> accessibility and in *some* areas the principles are similar. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Andy Heath >> A.K.Heath@open.ac.uk >> AndyHeath@axelrod.plus.com >> >> >>> Hi Simon, >>> I know a bit about it. My director, Jutta Treviranus, was one of the >>> co-leads on the IMS AccessForAll standard >>> (http://www.imsglobal.org/accessibility/accmdv1p0/imsaccmd_oviewv1p0.html). >>> >>> I think that the reason it is coming in through the "Ubiquitous Web >>> Applications Working Group" is that personalization goes beyond >>> accessibility-related characteristics. >>> Cheers, >>> Jan >>> Simon Harper wrote: >>>> I noticed this: >>>> >>>> Note Published: W3C Personalization Roadmap: Ubiquitous Web >>>> Integration of AccessForAll 1.0 >>>> >>>> 2009-04-09: The Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group has >>>> published the Group Note of W3C Personalization Roadmap: Ubiquitous >>>> Web Integration of AccessForAll 1.0. This document describes an >>>> activity of integrating personalization with device context for the >>>> delivery of content materials and interface components that are >>>> customized to meet both individual personal needs and preferences >>>> and delivery context. It brings together the work of separate >>>> standards and specifications organizations and working groups, >>>> notably W3C Ubiquitous Web Applications working group, IMS Global >>>> Learning Consortium Accessibility Special Interest group, ISO/IEC >>>> JTC1 SC36 Information Technology for Learning, Education and >>>> Training: Human Diversity and Access For All working group and >>>> associated working groups in SC36. The document should be viewed as >>>> a roadmap for the work to be undertaken and includes description of >>>> the basis for the work, the organizational context, the likely >>>> technologies and a partially complete description of how the >>>> technologies fit together. Learn more about the Ubiquitous Web >>>> Applications Activity. >>>> >>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/NOTE-UWA-personalization-roadmap-20090409/ >>>> >>>> UAAG are mentioned quite abit as is the working group - first I >>>> wonder if we know anything about this - and second why it doesn't >>>> seem to be under WAI? >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Si. >>>> >>>> ======================= >>>> >>>> Simon Harper >>>> University of Manchester (UK) >>>> >>>> Human Centred Web Lab: http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk >>>> >>>> My Site: http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/harper/ >>>> My Diary (Web): >>>> http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/harper/phpicalendar/week.php >>>> >>>> My Diary (Subscribe): >>>> http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/diaries/harper/SimonHarper.ics >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> andy >> -- >> ___________________________ >> Andy Heath >> http://www.axelrod.plus.com >> >> -- >> Jan Richards, M.Sc. >> User Interface Design Lead >> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) >> Faculty of Information (i-school) >> University of Toronto >> >> Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca >> Web: http://jan.atrc.utoronto.ca >> Phone: 416-946-7060 >> Fax: 416-971-2896 >> >> >> > -- Jan Richards, M.Sc. User Interface Design Lead Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) Faculty of Information (i-school) University of Toronto Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca Web: http://jan.atrc.utoronto.ca Phone: 416-946-7060 Fax: 416-971-2896
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