13:11:48 RRSAgent has joined #rd 13:11:48 logging to http://www.w3.org/2012/09/05-rd-irc 13:11:50 RRSAgent, make logs world 13:11:50 Zakim has joined #rd 13:11:52 Zakim, this will be 7394 13:11:52 ok, trackbot; I see WAI_RDWG()9:30AM scheduled to start in 19 minutes 13:11:53 Meeting: Research and Development Working Group Teleconference 13:11:53 Date: 05 September 2012 13:11:58 Chair: Abou-Zahra_Shadi 13:11:58 Regrets+ Harper_Simon 13:11:58 Agenda+ Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments) [sharper] 13:11:58 Agenda+ E2R Call Status (10m) - http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Topic_4_pre-call [klaus] 13:11:58 Agenda+ Metrics W3C Note Status (5m) [shadi] 13:11:59 Agenda+ Next Topic Discussions (10m) [all] 13:12:01 Agenda+ CfP Simplified Page Format (15m) [peter] 13:12:03 Agenda+ New Symposium Web Page Designs (5m) [shawn] 13:12:05 Agenda+ Alternative Teleconferencing Service (15m) [shadi] 13:12:07 Agenda+ Alternative Conference Publishing Venues (15m) [all] 13:12:10 Agenda+ Issues and Actions (Standing Item): https://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/tracker/ [sharper] 13:12:11 Agenda+ Any Other Business (Standing Item) [sharper] 13:13:41 regrets+ Luz 13:14:05 vivienne has joined #rd 13:24:41 Klaus has joined #rd 13:25:11 WAI_RDWG()9:30AM has now started 13:25:17 +??P6 13:25:55 zakim, ??P6 is me 13:25:55 +Klaus; got it 13:26:12 zakim, mute me 13:26:12 sorry, Klaus, muting is not permitted when only one person is present 13:28:12 +Shadi 13:28:22 annika has joined #rd 13:28:33 +??P8 13:28:36 Justin_ has joined #rd 13:29:26 zakim, ??p8 is me 13:29:26 +Justin_; got it 13:29:54 markel has joined #rd 13:30:08 +??P9 13:30:13 zakim, ??P9 is me 13:30:13 +vivienne; got it 13:30:39 +??P10 13:30:43 shawn has joined #rd 13:30:50 +??P11 13:30:55 zakim, ??P10 is markel 13:30:55 +markel; got it 13:30:58 +Shawn 13:31:02 Yehya has joined #rd 13:31:11 zakim, ??P11 is annika 13:31:11 +annika; got it 13:31:27 zakim, mute me 13:31:27 vivienne should now be muted 13:31:35 giorgio has joined #rd 13:31:36 +Klaus/Johannes/Thomas 13:31:43 zakim , mute me 13:32:11 zakim, Klaus/Johannes/Thomas is Yehya 13:32:11 +Yehya; got it 13:32:14 +??P14 13:32:29 zakim, ??p14 is giorgio 13:32:29 +giorgio; got it 13:33:06 that's very welcoming ;-) 13:33:32 scribe: giorgio 13:33:38 agenda? 13:33:57 zakim, take up next 13:33:57 agendum 1. "Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments)" taken up [from sharper] 13:34:09 regrets+ Kerstin 13:34:12 zakim, take up agendum 2 13:34:12 agendum 2. "E2R Call Status (10m) - http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Topic_4_pre-call" taken up [from klaus via shadi] 13:34:45 sbz: last week we accepted the e2r call 13:35:15 s\sbz\saz\ 13:35:57 sab: no changes were notified to the meaning, but lots of improvements in legibility and understandability 13:36:29 sab: shifting of dates; we need to look again at the timeline 13:36:39 http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Topic_3_Timeline 13:36:48 klaus: it would be good to get approval from rdwg on the new timeline 13:37:44 sab: overlap between e2r and text customization is by design, so that we can more papers around 13:38:00 s\more\move\ 13:38:45 sab: time for reviewing is fairly compressed 13:40:16 klaus: the most critical aspects is reviewing time; but it looks like being viable given that thereare 10 days for 1000words papers. 13:41:10 q+ to ask if that timeline means that there is no opportunity for papers submitted to e2r to move to tc4r (which is unlikely anyway)? SEPARATE POINT: chairs on each are on SC for the other. will they be expected to do reviews as well? 13:41:24 ack me 13:41:25 klaus: will persuade reviewers to becompliant with the schedule 13:41:26 shawn, you wanted to ask if that timeline means that there is no opportunity for papers submitted to e2r to move to tc4r (which is unlikely anyway)? SEPARATE POINT: chairs on each 13:41:26 ... are on SC for the other. will they be expected to do reviews as well? 13:42:14 shawn: is the timeline ok if the scientific committee finds that a paper needs to be moved between the two symposia? 13:43:08 Shawn, do you have any idea how many papers we should expect to review in that time frame? 13:43:19 shawn: T&C PC members should watch if there arepapers that should be moved 13:43:36 klaus: agreed and will make shawn aware of such a chance. 13:43:39 zakim, mute me 13:43:39 Klaus should now be muted 13:44:40 shawn: some people belong to both scientic groups and may be overloaded by revieweing for e2r and for t&c 13:45:36 giorgio corrects: shawn is concerned mayly for editors/chairs of T&C that will have to review fore2r 13:45:54 s\mayly\mainly\ 13:45:59 q+ to clarify I DO support coordination of topics! 13:46:10 q+ 13:46:15 ack Klaus 13:46:17 zakim, unmute me 13:46:17 Klaus was not muted, Klaus 13:46:59 klaus: everything depends by the number of papers. 15-20 submissions to e2r will be manageable and we can avoid loading the chairs of T&C. 13:47:22 klaus: if more than 20 then we will need all the scientific members 13:47:23 zakim, mute me 13:47:23 Klaus should now be muted 13:47:25 ack me 13:47:25 shawn, you wanted to clarify I DO support coordination of topics! 13:47:40 shawn: I do support coordination of topics 13:47:42 q+ 13:48:14 zakim, unmute me 13:48:14 Klaus should no longer be muted 13:48:29 giorgio: if moe than 20 papers then I could beinvolved as a reviewer. 13:48:30 zakim, mute me 13:48:30 Klaus should now be muted 13:48:53 ack me 13:48:58 q- 13:51:17 zakim, mute me 13:51:17 Shawn should now be muted 13:52:03 saz: shawn suggested capitalization of easy-to-read 13:52:37 saz: lowercase should be used as an adjective; when capitalized it is a topic 13:52:59 agreed (-: 13:53:01 saz: what is klaus' view? 13:53:14 saz: other questions? 13:53:41 saz: we received today comments from annika 13:54:28 tonight or tomorrow morning 13:54:30 saz: klaus, when will you be able to update? 13:54:44 ack me 13:54:51 saz: shawn, any restrictions? 13:55:04 ack me 13:55:28 shawn: I'm available 13:56:22 shawn: we need to think (European perspective) whether morning or afternoon/eveningis better? 13:56:30 saz: early CET afternoon might be better 13:57:01 saz: klaus, tomorrow morning is ok? 13:57:18 o.k. 13:57:27 s/eveningis better?/evening is better? and end of week OK, or better on Monday?/ 13:57:41 (thanks shawn) 13:58:32 http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Distribution_Lists 13:59:05 am ready for sending it out and also to other key interest groups 13:59:17 [ Shawn has meeting at 7:00-8:00am Thursday, but will try to do announcements before or right after ] 13:59:20 yes, no problem 14:00:06 [ for the record: Klaus & Yeliz did an AWESOME job of getting the tc4r call out riht away!] 14:00:22 saz: everybody in rdwg is welcome to forward the announcement in any relevant list. but please coordinate with the wiki page to avoid duplications. 14:00:29 zakim, take up next item 14:00:29 agendum 1. "Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments)" taken up [from sharper] 14:00:36 zakim, take up next item 14:00:36 agendum 1 was just opened, giorgio 14:00:39 s/riht away/right away/ 14:00:41 sorry, have to go - THANKS! 14:00:46 -Klaus 14:00:51 zakim, close agendum 1 14:00:51 agendum 1, Welcome & Logistics (Regrets, Agenda Requests, Comments), closed 14:00:53 I see 8 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 14:00:53 3. Metrics W3C Note Status (5m) [from shadi] 14:00:55 ok 14:01:16 zakim, take up next item 14:01:16 agendum 3. "Metrics W3C Note Status (5m) " taken up [from shadi] 14:01:29 http://www.w3.org/News/2012#entry-9551 14:01:39 saz: good news about the 1st publicstion of rdwg being out 14:01:51 s/publicstion/publication/ 14:02:21 :-) 14:02:24 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2012JulSep/0309.html 14:02:29 saz: it took longer than anticipated. Thanks to the editor 14:02:37 s/editor/editors/ 14:03:19 saz: we got some comments, and editors are asked to collect these comments and relay them back to the group for discussion 14:03:42 saz: questions? 14:03:44 q+ 14:04:05 markel: thanks for publishing and releasing the note. 14:04:12 yes, I'm very happy! 14:04:38 markel: I read some of the comments, and in the following weeks we will be working on that 14:05:40 saz: simon will have to monitor the timeline so that in the gaps we can discuss these things, as well as the draft of the mobile symposium 14:06:02 markel: once the deadline for comments is over, do we have some fixed deadlin to respond? 14:06:25 saz: any comments that come after the deadline should not be addressed. 14:06:55 saz: for responding to legitimate comments we have three months to close the publication. 14:07:11 saz: it's a good practice to acknowledge the comment asap. 14:07:40 saz: maybe by Dec or Jan we should get back all the comments and thell people how we addressed to each comment. 14:07:49 s/thell/tell/ 14:08:19 saz: it is important to give n opportunity to the commenter to view how we addressed the comment before the final publication 14:08:32 s/ n/ an/ 14:10:20 q+ 14:10:21 saz: I suggest the editors to be in close touch with simon 14:10:26 saz: other comments? 14:10:29 q- 14:10:30 ack m 14:10:35 ack me 14:10:47 zakim, un mute me 14:10:47 I don't understand 'un mute me', shawn 14:10:48 saz: people from rdwg arewelcome to review thedrft. 14:10:50 zakim, unmute me 14:10:50 Shawn was not muted, shawn 14:11:02 s/arewelcome/ are welcome/ 14:11:13 s/thedrft/the draft/ 14:11:31 yes that sounds sensible 14:11:41 shawn: suggests that editors process the comments and bring to the group the digested solution. 14:11:50 I agree with shawn 14:12:21 saz: editors should decide what is worth to bring to the group 14:12:27 +1 14:13:03 markel: some comments are sensible. other ones are like "why did you not addressed X or y?" 14:13:23 markel: we need to put a boundary on possiblechanges, but we as editors will try to decide that 14:14:10 saz: editors should at least bring the group attention to some of the comments 14:14:20 saz: please do a preprocessing and filter them 14:14:37 saz: most comments do not need discussion 14:14:57 zakim, take up next item 14:14:57 agendum 4. "Next Topic Discussions (10m)" taken up [from all] 14:15:15 agenda? 14:16:13 saz: item 4 of agenda is a reminder. please look at the wiki and add topics or emend existing ones explaining why it is important. So that you get traction. 14:17:21 saz: and also consider if there could be editors willing to do the work 14:17:31 zakim, take up next item 14:17:31 agendum 5. "CfP Simplified Page Format (15m)" taken up [from peter] 14:17:59 sorry, no idea 14:18:01 saz: not sure what it measn and peter is not with us. anybody familiar with this topic? 14:18:09 zakim, take up next item 14:18:09 agendum 5 was just opened, giorgio 14:18:28 zakim, close item 5 14:18:28 agendum 5, CfP Simplified Page Format (15m), closed 14:18:29 I see 5 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is 14:18:29 6. New Symposium Web Page Designs (5m) [from shawn via shadi] 14:19:12 zakim, take up next item 14:19:12 agendum 6. "New Symposium Web Page Designs (5m) " taken up [from shawn] 14:19:22 discussion page: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/RD_Symposia_Design 14:19:34 final draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/rd/home.html 14:20:16 saz: the overall esign was accepted by the group, and it looks like being liked as well. thank you shawn. 14:21:12 shawn: there might be small bugs here and there 14:21:27 saz: we will incorporate this layout for all our symposia. 14:22:16 shawn: what is the optimal date for putting this layout live? 14:22:57 shawn: my concern is for people who see first one layout and subsequently thenew one, and might be confused. When shall we switch over? 14:23:08 q+ 14:24:25 I said that I don't think it is a big issue. 14:24:28 asap 14:24:40 asap too, it does not hurt 14:24:45 shanw: we shall we do the swittch over? 14:24:58 shawn, is http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/rd/home.html the final design? I see some colour and link issues here. 14:25:13 s/shanw: we shall we do the swittch over?/shawn: when shall we do the switch over?/ 14:25:25 saz: what do other people think? 14:25:34 it's inevitable to have people surprised, we cannot help it 14:25:43 saz: let's wait to complete it and then decide 14:25:44 surprised=confused 14:26:06 zakim, unmute me 14:26:06 vivienne should no longer be muted 14:26:54 vivienne: hovering on a link the colors change very little 14:28:06 shawn: is that so important? 14:28:23 q+ 14:28:53 shawn: visited vs unvisited should be rendered differently. But hovering is not such an issue. 14:29:40 vivienne: 2nd question: you are using ??? font (I did not understood the words) 14:29:57 s/???/serif 14:31:32 giorgio: agree with Shawn. Tabe focus is good. Vivienne is talking about hovering effect. Don't think need to make it more prominenet. 14:32:19 s/Tabe focus is good./Tab focus is good./ 14:32:34 saz: vivienne please send your suggestions to shawn and CC to the group 14:32:53 saz: we need to close the call 14:33:20 bye!! 14:33:20 saz: next time we will try a diffeereent teleconf tool! 14:33:26 bye now 14:33:27 bye 14:33:29 vivienne has left #rd 14:33:29 markel has left #rd 14:33:31 bye 14:33:33 -Shawn 14:33:34 -giorgio 14:33:35 -Shadi 14:33:37 -Yehya 14:33:39 -annika 14:33:39 -vivienne 14:33:42 -Justin_ 14:33:43 -markel 14:33:45 WAI_RDWG()9:30AM has ended 14:33:47 Attendees were Klaus, Shadi, Justin_, vivienne, markel, Shawn, annika, Yehya, giorgio 14:34:08 shawn has left #rd 14:48:15 trackbot, end meeting 14:48:15 Zakim, list attendees 14:48:15 sorry, trackbot, I don't know what conference this is 14:48:23 RRSAgent, please draft minutes 14:48:23 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2012/09/05-rd-minutes.html trackbot 14:48:24 RRSAgent, bye 14:48:24 I see no action items