Re: Transition Request for FPWD of Mobile Accessibility

Approved,

Thanks,

- Judy


On 2/24/2015 12:53 PM, Jeanne Spellman wrote:
> Judy,
>
> The Mobile Accessibility Task Force of the Web Content Accessibility 
> Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) and the User Agent Accessibility 
> Guidelines Working Group (UAWG) requests approval to transition 
> "Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply 
> to Mobile" to First Public Working Draft. This is planned as a W3C Note.
>
> Title:
> Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply 
> to Mobile
> Shortname:
> mobile-accessibility-mapping
> Version ready for publication as FPWD:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/WD-mobile-accessibility-mapping-20150224/ 
>
> Editor's Draft
>
> Estimated Publication Date:
> Thursday 26 February 2015
>
>
> == Abstract ==
>
>    This document, “Mobile Accessibility: How WCAG 2.0 and Other
>    W3C/WAI Guidelines Apply to Mobile” describes how the Web
>    Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 [WCAG20] and
>    its principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied
>    to mobile web content, mobile web apps, native apps, and hybrid
>    apps using web components inside native apps. It provides
>    informative guidance, but does not set requirements. It also
>    highlights the relevance of the User Agent Accessibility
>    Guidelines 2.0 [UAAG20] in the mobile context.
>
>    This document is intended to become a Working Group Note and is
>    part of a series of technical and educational documents
>    published by the [20]W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
>
>      [20] http://www.w3.org/WAI/
>
>
> == Status of This Document ==
>
>    This section describes the status of this document at the time
>    of its publication. Other documents may supersede this
>    document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest
>    revision of this technical report can be found in the [21]W3C
>    technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
>
>      [21] http://www.w3.org/TR/
>
>    This document is a First Public Working Draft by the Mobile
>    Accessibility Task Force (Mobile A11Y TF) operating under the
>    terms of its [22]Work Statement under the joint coordination
>    and review of the[23] Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
>    Working Group (WCAG WG) and the [24]User Agent Accessibility
>    Guidelines Working Group (UAWG), which is part of the [25]Web
>    Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the [26]World Wide Web
>    Consortium (W3C). This document is intended to become a [27]W3C
>    Note.
>
>      [22] http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/work-statement
>      [23] http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/
>      [24] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/
>      [25] http://www.w3.org/WAI/
>      [26] http://www.w3.org/
>      [27] http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/tr.html#WGNote
>
>    Feedback on this draft is essential to the success of this
>    guidance. The Mobile Accessibility Task Force asks in
>    particular:
>     1. Is this document helpful in understanding the applicability
>        of WCAG 2.0 and UAAG 2.0 to the mobile environment?
>     2. Is the format of this information helpful for designers,
>        developers and testers of content that can be viewed with
>        mobile devices and in mobile apps? Is it useful for
>        policymakers?
>     3. In Appendix A, is listing relevant existing WCAG 2.0
>        techniques helpful for mobile content and mobile app
>        developers?
>     4. Are there additional accessibility needs in the mobile
>        environment related to the WCAG principles that we should
>        address?
>     5. Have we sufficiently explained why keyboard interface and
>        modality independent controls are needed in the mobile
>        environment?
>
>    To comment on this document, send email to
>    [28]public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org ([29]subscribe, [30]archives)
>    or [31]file an issue in Github. Comments are requested by 26
>    March 2015. In-progress updates to the document may be viewed
>    in the [32]publicly visible editors' draft.
>
>      [28] mailto:public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org
>      [29] mailto:public-mobile-a11y-tf-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe
>      [30] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-mobile-a11y-tf/
>      [31] https://github.com/w3c/Mobile-A11y-TF-Note/issues
>      [32] http://w3c.github.io/Mobile-A11y-TF-Note/
>
>    WCAG 2.0 is a stable web standard. Comments on this document
>    will not affect WCAG 2.0 wording.
>
>    Publication as a First Public Working Draft does not imply
>    endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and
>    may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any
>    time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than
>    work in progress.
>
>    This document was produced by a group operating under the [33]5
>    February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. The group does not expect this
>    document to become a W3C Recommendation. W3C maintains a
>    [34]public list of any patent disclosures made in connection
>    with the deliverables of the Web Content Accessibility
>    Guidelines Working Group and also maintains a [35]public list
>    of any patent disclosures made in connection with the
>    deliverables of the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working
>    Group; those pages also include instructions for disclosing a
>    patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent
>    which the individual believes contains [36]Essential Claim(s)
>    must disclose the information in accordance with [37]section 6
>    of the W3C Patent Policy.
>
>      [33] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/
>      [34] http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/32212/status
>      [35] http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/36791/status
>      [36] 
> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential
>      [37] 
> http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure
>
>    This document is governed by the [38]1 August 2014 W3C Process
>    Document.
>
>      [38] http://www.w3.org/2014/Process-20140801/
>
> == Delta specification ==
>
> This is not a delta specification.
>
>
> == Decision to publish: ==
> UAWG: 
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-mobile-a11y-tf/2015Feb/0006.html
> WCAG: 
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-mobile-a11y-tf/2015Feb/0019.html
> Mobile-A11y-TF: 
> http://www.w3.org/2015/02/19-mobile-a11y-minutes.html#item03
>

-- 
Judy Brewer
Director, Web Accessibility Initiative
at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
32 Vassar St. Room G-526, MIT/CSAIL
Cambridge MA 02149 USA
www.w3.org/WAI/

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