W3C

WAI-AGE - 16 June 2008

Agenda

Attendees

Present
Andrew, Shadi, Jack, William, Nacho, Michael, Shawn
Regrets
Suzette, Helle, Judy
Chair
Andrew
Scribe
Michael

Contents


Overview of "Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review"

Shawn: Overview: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wai-age-literature.php

shawn: describes the purpose of the page as an easy introduction to the document

william: it would be helpful, if the bullets would link into the sections in the document

shawn: those bullets are representing the TOC.

william: than it's fine without separate links

shadi:how about: The bulk of the literature review analyzes the following (taken from the <a>table of contents</a>):

shawn: will consider to find a good way to implement that.

michael: "is primarily for researchers and academic"

<shawn> ACTION: shawn, overview: "...primarily for researchers and academics." [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/06/16-waiage-minutes.html#action01]

andrew: when the literature review is completed it might be fine to add a section on findings

no other comments

Literature Review

<scribe> cont. from section 3.5

discussion about who is an older adult

in section 2.1

michael: comments in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wai-age/2008Jun/0002.html

michael: there are many more factors than age, how older people behave

william: the has more to do with the social aspects

<scribe> ACTION: andrew, will integrate the comments from the list in the literature review [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/06/16-waiage-minutes.html#action02]

back to section 3.5

discussion future technologies that might support mobility issued

<scribe> ACTION: andrew, insert an editor note to request further input for this section (3.5.1) [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/06/16-waiage-minutes.html#action03]

if we do not get further input we might ask for further research

william: contrast is a bigger factor than size [for old old adults]

nacho: missing assistive technologies for older adults in the literature review

andrew: assistive technologies has been overlooked in many studies
... it should be emphasized in the introduction that research will continue

william pointing out that not all findings might be of statistical significance [the variation between samples may be very large]

continuing at 3.6 at the next meeting

Next steps after Literature Review - educational resources

<shadi> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-age/2008AprJun/0003.html

shadi: 6 documents for the industry (3 updated, 3 new), 6 documents for users (3 updated, 3 new)

Industry documents - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-age/2008AprJun/att-0003/Draft_WAIAGE_Indus_200805.doc

michael: how people with disabilities use the web is a valuable resource
... also use videos - maybe we can find some to add?

shadi: "Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility" minor updates, not in WAI-AGE
... "sample articles" might also be blogs, videos, pod casts etc.

user documents http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-age/2008AprJun/att-0003/Draft_WAIAGE_Users_200805.doc

shadi: please send comments to mailing list.
... shall we bring this into EO?

the group agrees.

andrew: next meeting on 30th - any objections?

michael will be on holiday

Summary of Action Items

[NEW] ACTION: andrew, insert an editor note to request further input for this section (3.5.1) [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/06/16-waiage-minutes.html#action03]
[NEW] ACTION: andrew, will integrate the comments from the list in the literature review [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/06/16-waiage-minutes.html#action02]
[NEW] ACTION: shawn, overview: "...primarily for researchers and academics." [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2008/06/16-waiage-minutes.html#action01]
 
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