14:56:05 RRSAgent has joined #rd 14:56:05 logging to http://www.w3.org/2011/09/29-rd-irc 14:56:07 RRSAgent, make logs world 14:56:09 Zakim has joined #rd 14:56:11 Zakim, this will be 7394 14:56:11 ok, trackbot; I see WAI_RDWG()11:00AM scheduled to start in 4 minutes 14:56:13 Meeting: Research and Development Working Group Teleconference 14:56:15 Date: 29 September 2011 14:57:17 Chair: Harper_Simon 14:57:17 Agenda+ Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments) 14:57:17 Agenda+ Finalise Paper Selection Criteria - http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Paper_Selection_Criteria 14:57:18 Agenda+ Initiate Webinar Logistics Discussion 14:57:18 Agenda+ Any Other Business 14:57:45 rrsagent, make logs public 14:57:45 rrsagent, draft minutes 14:57:45 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/09/29-rd-minutes.html sharper 14:57:58 regrets+ Thiessen_Peter 14:58:09 christos has joined #rd 14:58:10 regrets+ O'Connor_Joshue 14:58:20 present+ Harper_Simon 14:58:32 present+ Abou-Zahra_Shadi 14:58:42 WAI_RDWG()11:00AM has now started 14:58:50 + +43.702.468.aaaa 14:59:02 rrsagent, make logs public 14:59:03 rrsagent, draft minutes 14:59:03 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/09/29-rd-minutes.html sharper 14:59:14 zakim, take up item 1 14:59:14 agendum 1. "Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments)" taken up [from sharper] 14:59:26 +??P30 14:59:41 ??P30 is me 14:59:56 zakim, ??PP30 is me 14:59:56 sorry, christos, I do not recognize a party named '??PP30' 15:00:50 Zakim, ??P30 is me 15:00:50 +christos; got it 15:00:53 +??P34 15:00:58 mute me 15:01:06 markel has joined #rd 15:01:55 +??P52 15:02:10 +[IPcaller] 15:02:20 zakim, ipcaller is me 15:02:24 +shadi; got it 15:02:34 zakim, who is on the phone? 15:02:37 On the phone I see +43.702.468.aaaa, christos, ??P34, ??P52, shadi 15:02:40 zakim, ??P34 is sharper 15:02:43 +sharper; got it 15:02:58 zakim, ??P52 is markel 15:03:01 +markel; got it 15:03:12 zakim, aaaa is Klaus 15:03:13 +Klaus; got it 15:03:32 vivienne has joined #rd 15:04:12 +??P55 15:04:23 zakim, p55 is vivienne 15:04:30 sorry, vivienne, I do not recognize a party named 'p55' 15:04:37 zakim, ??p55 is vivenne 15:04:50 +vivenne; got it 15:05:10 giorgio has joined #rd 15:05:26 zakim, mute me 15:05:27 Hi there. Sorry for being late. 15:05:32 sorry, vivienne, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 15:05:39 Today I'm also with no audio devices. 15:06:23 zakim, mute me 15:06:23 christos should now be muted 15:06:36 zakim, ??p55 is Vivienne 15:06:36 I already had ??P55 as vivenne, vivienne 15:07:07 I can if no one else wants to 15:07:18 scribe: shadi 15:07:21 agenda? 15:07:32 zakim, take up agendum 1 15:07:35 agendum 1. "Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments)" taken up [from sharper] 15:07:44 zakim, take up agendum 2 15:07:44 agendum 2. "Finalise Paper Selection Criteria - http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Paper_Selection_Criteria" taken up [from sharper] 15:08:23 I didn't give any input 15:09:33 suggest we look at giorgio's comments (inline) 15:09:59 markel will be in sunny Australia next time 15:10:05 SH: can move this agenda item to next time when Giorgio and Yeliz are here 15:10:22 q+ 15:10:24 I'm happy to wait 15:10:25 ...want to move to next week or try today? 15:10:34 ack m 15:10:34 ack 15:10:49 +??P26 15:10:53 MV: think it is excellent, just have a minor comment 15:11:02 ...maybe better to wait for Giorgio 15:11:27 [Giorgio joins] 15:11:30 zakim, ??p26 is giorgio 15:11:30 +giorgio; got it 15:11:45 MV: excellent job, Giorgio 15:11:58 ...Yeliz and Shadi raised the issue of impact 15:12:12 ...talked about what the research community in the past 15:12:22 ...may not be considered as "novel" 15:12:30 ...seems contradictory 15:12:40 ...want new stuff but also about past work 15:13:15 GB: up to us how to define "novelty" 15:13:21 ...but also happy to drop it 15:13:42 MV: novel paper also welcome 15:13:49 ...might need to prioritize 15:13:58 ...and balance between types of papers 15:14:24 ...as long as they are sound and valid 15:14:47 q+ 15:15:19 GB: agree with you but uneasy to write in vey specific terms what the criteria are and which are more important 15:15:36 ...that said, novelty may be less important than soundness 15:15:49 ...happy to decide that now if wanted 15:15:50 thanks Giorgio 15:15:54 ack 15:16:01 q+ 15:16:08 ack shadi 15:16:15 +1 shadi 15:16:20 SAZ: agree with Giorgio 15:16:35 ...for me relevance to the symposium topic would be most useful 15:16:49 SH: impact may be independent of novelty 15:17:10 ...need impact but not necessarily novelty 15:17:37 ...can have something very sound and very correct but won't have very much impact 15:17:39 +1 15:17:49 +1 15:17:49 agree with simon: impact more important than novelty 15:18:13 yes 15:18:16 perfectly good. 15:18:21 ok 15:18:22 SH: can take a pass if that's ok? 15:18:26 [agreement] 15:18:27 +1 15:19:08 SH: may need to stay flexible 15:19:21 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-rd/2011Sep/0043.html 15:19:32 ack me 15:20:27 [SH reads comment #1 from email] 15:20:43 [[If the paper is mainly theoretical, it should be judged on the insightfulness of its ideas and the rigor of its arguments. If it is mainly empirical, it should be judged on the validity of its results and the appropriateness of its techniques. If it is mainly a methodology paper, it should be judged on the usefulness of its proposed methodology. If it is a design paper, it should be judged on the quality, novelty, and appropriateness of its solution to a proble 15:20:43 m; the rationale for the design decisions; the implementation; and the assessment of its success and weaknesses.]] 15:21:04 i'm reading 15:21:06 I'm trying to find shadi's comments 15:21:19 ok. got it now 15:21:26 # section "Generic instructions for reviewers" 15:21:26 - the first bullet uses a mix of terms defined as criteria and other 15:21:27 that are not defined -- we need to review how we are using the terms and 15:21:27 what ramifications this may have (for instance it may indicate 15:21:27 prioritizing certain criteria for certain types of papers) 15:21:39 q+ 15:21:47 ack giorgio 15:21:49 ack g 15:22:25 GB: don't you think that trying to achieve a high-level description is useful? 15:22:29 q+ 15:22:29 it seems that Shadi's comments go in line with the previous issue about prioritazing 15:22:49 ...maybe not necessary for these short contributions 15:23:44 q+ 15:23:44 SAZ: think overall guidance is important 15:24:04 ...just editorially may be confusing to use some terms that are and are not defined later on 15:24:09 ...need to be consistent 15:24:13 ack g 15:24:19 ack me 15:24:42 GB: happy for anybody to adjust the wording if editorial 15:24:53 ...want to avoid spending too much time in advance 15:24:54 q+ 15:25:47 q+ 15:26:17 SAZ: need to know how the approach was intended to be, to clean-up editorially 15:26:20 ack s 15:26:24 ack g 15:26:38 ...but also need to balance between quick&dirty and spending too much time on theory 15:26:47 will the reviewers have a form based on this criteria to make it easier for them? 15:26:54 ...this page sets the fundaments for the review process 15:27:10 GB: agree but don't think we should over-shoot 15:27:25 ...should use reviews from the process to improve it 15:27:29 q+ 15:27:38 ack s 15:28:26 q+ 15:28:58 ok 15:29:03 SAZ: do not disagree that need to avoid over-shooting 15:29:09 ack m 15:29:10 ...but need to be responsible 15:29:30 ...we also picked a very sensitive and delicate topic 15:29:52 MV: don't know a review process that is much more editorial 15:30:24 s/editorial/regorous 15:30:39 ...need to be careful not to spend too much time 15:31:34 SH: agree with all 15:31:46 ...happy for SAZ to improve the section 15:32:03 yes 15:32:04 okay 15:32:05 ...will also take a pass 15:32:07 yes 15:32:09 ...sound ok? 15:32:10 i'm fine with that 15:32:47 [SH reads comment #2 from SAZ email] 15:33:13 SH: think we mean editorially 15:33:17 fine 15:33:49 ...ok for SAZ change this or do we need discussion? 15:34:00 fine with Shadi changing 15:34:07 +1 15:34:10 ok, shadi changing 15:34:45 regrets: Mario, Joshue, Yeliz, Peter 15:35:00 SH: want to be open and flexible 15:35:07 ...can make choices on the fly as needed 15:35:13 zakim, take up next 15:35:13 agendum 1. "Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments)" taken up [from sharper] 15:35:19 zakim, take up agendum 3 15:35:19 agendum 3. "Initiate Webinar Logistics Discussion" taken up [from sharper] 15:35:59 SH: initiate discussion 15:36:10 ...are we going to allow more discussion 15:37:34 ...how was that done in the past? 15:37:45 SAZ: can do it differently for each topic, as needed 15:38:02 no more than 2 hours I would say 15:38:27 ...talked about having 5-10 minutes for each presenter 15:38:39 ...then a panel session chaired by the symposium chairs 15:38:47 ...then an open Q&A 15:38:51 Does it work like a conference call? 15:39:20 SH: how much time do we spend? 15:39:28 we could set up a wiki page outlining our decisions on logistics 15:39:36 SAZ: typically 2-3 hours with break but will depend on what comes in 15:39:58 zakim, take up agendum 4 15:39:58 agendum 4. "Any Other Business" taken up [from sharper] 15:40:06 yes Giorgio +1. We can collect all the ideas about the weminar an put in a wiki page 15:40:14 SH: we are in kind of a looping mode right now 15:40:20 ...what do want to do? 15:40:24 q+ 15:40:28 we've talked about this over the past meetings 15:40:29 ...in the next meetings 15:40:30 q+ 15:40:48 ack g 15:41:15 GB: can start agreeing on some of the concepts among ourselves 15:42:03 ack s 15:42:17 q+ 15:42:30 s/can start agreeing on some of the concepts among ourselves/can start thinking of some of the topics 15:42:34 ...work out some ideas 15:42:35 GB: Thinking and formulating some of the questions and topics the chairs could raise on the panel 15:43:24 SAZ: also the wiki needs lots of love 15:43:35 ...needs to think of new topics and also populate them 15:43:49 ...even if outside our comfort zone and direct field of work 15:43:55 q+ 15:44:13 SH: will populate the wiki with topics on touch interfaces 15:44:20 q+ to talk about Eval TF 15:44:23 q- 15:44:38 ...should we also start initiating the next topic? 15:44:47 yes, it would be good to start looking at the next one 15:44:56 ...stack them 15:45:12 ack me 15:45:12 shadi, you wanted to talk about Eval TF 15:45:23 http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2011/eval/eval-tf 15:46:54 SAZ: Eval TF developing methodology for evaluating conformance of websites to WCAG2 15:48:01 me too 15:48:11 ...very related to this first topic 15:48:18 ...they are developing requirements 15:48:29 ...also looking at existing resources 15:48:34 q+ 15:48:36 ...need exchange between both groups 15:48:47 ack m 15:49:05 MV: agree with GB to prepare generic questions for the panel 15:49:07 +1 15:49:42 me too 15:49:48 MV: agree with SH not to get locked down into evaluation too much 15:49:58 ...and look at other topics too 15:50:01 +1 15:50:38 SH: can see that we may get locked down 15:50:44 ...many interesting topics 15:50:53 ...such as digital TV and more 15:51:09 thank you all. 15:51:23 bye for now 15:51:24 bye 15:51:28 bye 15:51:30 goodbye 15:51:31 markel has left #rd 15:51:31 -Klaus 15:51:33 vivienne has left #rd 15:51:33 -shadi 15:51:33 -giorgio 15:51:49 -vivenne 15:51:54 -christos 15:52:02 zakim, list attendees 15:52:02 As of this point the attendees have been +43.702.468.aaaa, christos, shadi, sharper, markel, Klaus, vivenne, giorgio 15:52:13 rrsagent, make logs world 15:52:18 rrsagent, make minutes 15:52:18 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2011/09/29-rd-minutes.html shadi 15:52:19 rrsagent, make logs world 15:52:29 RRSAgent, bye 15:52:29 I see no action items