13:29:30 RRSAgent has joined #rd 13:29:30 logging to http://www.w3.org/2013/09/11-rd-irc 13:29:32 RRSAgent, make logs world 13:29:32 Zakim has joined #rd 13:29:34 Zakim, this will be 7394 13:29:34 ok, trackbot; I see WAI_RDWG()9:30AM scheduled to start in 1 minute 13:29:35 Meeting: Research and Development Working Group Teleconference 13:29:35 Date: 11 September 2013 13:29:42 zakim, this is rdwg 13:29:43 ok, shadi; that matches WAI_RDWG()9:30AM 13:29:54 +[IPcaller.a] 13:29:54 zakim, who is on the phone? 13:29:55 On the phone I see [IPcaller], [IPcaller.a] 13:30:18 zakim, IPcaller is me 13:30:18 +Vivienne; got it 13:30:21 Justin has joined #rd 13:30:34 Agenda+ Introduction of topic and explanation of format - Simon (format) 13:30:34 and then Vivienne (topic) - 5 mins max 13:30:34 Agenda+ Historical perspective - 10 mins 13:30:34 Agenda+ Current practices - 30 mins 13:30:34 Agenda+ design - 10 mins 13:30:34 Agenda+ limitations - 10 mins 13:30:36 Agenda+ benefits - 10 mins 13:30:38 Agenda+ Future practice considerations - 10 mins 13:30:40 Agenda+ wrap-up - 5 mins. 13:30:41 +??P13 13:30:44 zakim, ipcaller.a 13:30:44 I don't understand 'ipcaller.a', Justin 13:30:49 +[IPcaller] 13:30:59 +??P30 13:31:09 +??P31 13:31:11 zakim, ??P30 is markel 13:31:11 +markel; got it 13:31:19 +Shadi 13:31:24 zakim, ipcaller is me 13:31:24 +davidsloan; got it 13:31:53 zakim, ??31 is me 13:31:53 sorry, annika, I do not recognize a party named '??31' 13:32:03 zakim, ??P31 is me 13:32:03 +annika; got it 13:32:04 christos has joined #rd 13:32:05 sharper has joined #rd 13:32:18 zakim, ipcaller.a is me 13:32:19 +Justin; got it 13:32:19 zakim, who is on the phone? 13:32:20 On the phone I see Vivienne, Justin, ??P13, davidsloan, markel, annika, Shadi 13:32:23 zakim, mute me 13:32:23 davidsloan should now be muted 13:32:31 +??P33 13:32:32 zakim. mute me 13:32:38 zakim, mute me 13:32:38 annika should now be muted 13:32:40 zakim, ??P33 is me 13:32:40 +christos; got it 13:32:44 +[IPcaller] 13:32:45 +Yehya 13:32:46 mhakkinen has joined #rd 13:32:55 zakim, mute me 13:32:55 christos should now be muted 13:32:56 yeliz has joined #rd 13:33:02 +??P36 13:33:11 zakim, ??P36 is yeliz 13:33:11 +yeliz; got it 13:33:12 klaus has joined #rd 13:33:26 zakim, ??P13 is sharper 13:33:26 +sharper; got it 13:33:29 zakim, mute me 13:33:29 yeliz should now be muted 13:33:42 scribe: shadi 13:33:46 zakim, mute me 13:33:46 Shadi should now be muted 13:34:05 +Mark_Hakkinen 13:34:42 silvia has joined #rd 13:34:44 -[IPcaller] 13:35:02 +[IPcaller] 13:35:08 zakim, IPcaller is me 13:35:08 +silvia; got it 13:35:18 zakim, who is on the phone? 13:35:18 On the phone I see Vivienne, Justin, sharper, davidsloan (muted), markel, annika (muted), Shadi (muted), christos (muted), Yehya, yeliz (muted), Mark_Hakkinen, silvia 13:35:22 Hi it's Giorgio and Markel here 13:35:24 http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Accreditation_Methods 13:35:30 zakim, mute me 13:35:30 silvia should now be muted 13:35:53 agenda? 13:36:29 SH: this is the first one of our core discussion topics 13:36:45 ...intended to look at different ones 13:37:19 ...outcomes of these discussion is an initial analysis 13:37:34 ...possibly have follow-up discussion with external experts if needed 13:37:40 http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/wiki/Advice_for_Organisers_of_Catalogue_Topic_Discussions 13:37:52 ...to eventually develop a catalog topic item from these discussions 13:38:17 zakim, mute me 13:38:17 sorry, klaus, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 13:38:18 ...have some advice for organizers that we can evolve 13:38:35 ...open discussion intended to collect different perspectives and ideas 13:38:58 trying to record :( 13:39:00 VC: reminder that i'm recording this session 13:39:15 ...so that we can put it up as part of the note 13:39:18 q+ 13:39:32 +[IPcaller] 13:39:43 ...talking particularly about 3rd party certification or self-declaration 13:39:51 ...wondering what the value of that is 13:40:06 yeliz_ has joined #rd 13:40:08 ...have some background content in the wiki 13:40:22 ...thanks for the feedback Markel and David 13:40:43 ...thought would start with historical perspectives 13:41:18 ...please say your name before you talk 13:41:31 zakim, who's here? 13:41:31 On the phone I see Vivienne, Justin, sharper, davidsloan (muted), markel, annika (muted), Shadi (muted), christos (muted), Yehya, yeliz (muted), Mark_Hakkinen, silvia (muted), 13:41:35 ... [IPcaller] 13:41:35 On IRC I see yeliz_, silvia, klaus, mhakkinen, sharper, christos, Justin, Zakim, RRSAgent, davidsloan, markel, annika, Yehya, Vivienne, shadi, Mate, nonge_, trackbot 13:41:38 zakim, take up next 13:41:39 agendum 1. "Introduction of topic and explanation of format - Simon (format)" taken up [from shadi] 13:41:47 zakim, close agendum 1 13:41:47 I see a speaker queue remaining and respectfully decline to close this agendum, shadi 13:41:55 q+ 13:41:56 q+ 13:41:57 zakim, [IPcaller] is yeliz 13:41:58 +yeliz; got it 13:42:03 zakim, mute me 13:42:03 sorry, yeliz_, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 13:42:15 ack me 13:42:22 zakim, yeliz_ is yeliz 13:42:22 sorry, yeliz_, I do not recognize a party named 'yeliz_' 13:42:26 many people used bobby just imitating others or using templates that included the bobby logo 13:42:28 zakim, mute me 13:42:28 sorry, yeliz_, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 13:42:46 zakim, who's here? 13:42:46 On the phone I see Vivienne, Justin, sharper, davidsloan (muted), markel, annika (muted), Shadi, christos (muted), Yehya, yeliz (muted), Mark_Hakkinen, silvia (muted), yeliz.a 13:42:50 On IRC I see yeliz_, silvia, klaus, mhakkinen, sharper, christos, Justin, Zakim, RRSAgent, davidsloan, markel, annika, Yehya, Vivienne, shadi, Mate, nonge_, trackbot 13:43:22 SAZ: are the recordings publicly available or for your own use? 13:43:31 VC: for my own use internally 13:43:36 queue= 13:43:43 zakim, take up next 13:43:43 agendum 2. "Historical perspective - 10 mins" taken up [from shadi] 13:43:48 q+ davidsloan 13:44:04 MV: have Giorgio with me today! 13:44:23 GB: lots of the previous labels like "bobby" did not work 13:44:43 ...because of difficulty of determining accessibility barriers 13:44:50 zakim, who is making noise? 13:45:02 shadi, listening for 10 seconds I heard sound from the following: markel (90%), yeliz.a (84%) 13:45:15 ...assessment of true quality is challenged by such labels 13:45:34 ...because people might be mislead by results 13:45:44 ...this applies to any accreditation scheme 13:45:57 VC: have you seen any that had value? 13:46:10 GB: no 13:46:16 ...good one would be focused on the process 13:46:26 ...what process did you follow to ensure accessibility 13:46:47 Accreditation of websites will be credible only if the website allows users to provide their experience with the website. So an accreditation stamp should provide a feedback form, which allows users to submit identified accessibility issues to the website owner. The accreditation stamp should indicate a time frame when will be resolve the identified accessibility issues. A statistic about raised accessibility issues, resolved and pending will be as well helpful in t 13:46:47 ...that would likely better indicate the quality 13:46:53 zakime, ack me 13:46:58 zakim, ack me 13:46:58 unmuting davidsloan 13:46:59 I see no one on the speaker queue 13:47:16 DS: slightly disagree with Giorgio 13:47:28 ...previous schemes contributed to raising awareness 13:47:38 ...maybe success in that perspective 13:47:48 q+ 13:48:15 ...these earlier schemes helped people understand the importance of accessibility 13:48:43 ...they may not have lead to accessibility of the website but they made aware of an aspect of website quality 13:49:06 zakim, mute me 13:49:06 davidsloan should now be muted 13:49:15 VC: what about value of self-certification schemes? 13:49:24 ack me 13:50:51 q+ 13:51:17 zakim, mute me 13:51:17 sorry, yeliz_, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 13:51:55 SAZ: agree with Giorgio about importance of process quality rather than post-development evaluation only 13:52:34 zakim, yeliz.a is yeliz 13:52:34 +yeliz; got it 13:52:38 zakim, mute me 13:52:38 sorry, yeliz_, I do not know which phone connection belongs to you 13:52:55 ...also agree that most previous logos were developed for awareness raising and do not follow the requirements of "self-declaration of conformity (SDoC)" 13:53:07 q+ 13:53:16 ack yehy 13:53:29 YM: only by involving the end-user in the process 13:53:39 ...you can make sense of the accreditation 13:54:00 ...but this would also be part of a process 13:54:15 ...had such discussions with many customers 13:54:31 ...use a feedback form along with the statements 13:54:43 ...that have timeline for when the owner can fix issues 13:55:00 VC: yes, seeing more of these feedback forms in Australia 13:55:10 YM: yes, useful approach for accessibilit 13:55:21 s/accessibilit/accessibility 13:55:25 ack kl 13:55:27 zakim unmute me 13:55:38 zakim, unmute klaus 13:55:38 sorry, shadi, I do not know which phone connection belongs to klaus 13:55:48 zakim, who is on the phone? 13:55:48 On the phone I see Vivienne, Justin, sharper, davidsloan (muted), markel, annika (muted), Shadi, christos (muted), Yehya, yeliz (muted), Mark_Hakkinen, silvia (muted), yeliz.aa 13:55:52 ... (muted) 13:56:22 zakim, unmute yeliz 13:56:22 yeliz should no longer be muted 13:56:33 zakim, unmute yeliz.aa 13:56:33 yeliz.aa should no longer be muted 13:56:43 zakim, mute yeliz 13:56:43 yeliz should now be muted 13:56:46 zakim, unmute yeliz 13:56:46 yeliz should no longer be muted 13:56:53 zakim, mute yeliz.aa 13:56:53 yeliz.aa should now be muted 13:57:02 zakim, yeliz is klaus 13:57:02 +klaus; got it 13:57:15 zakim, yeliz.aa is yeliz 13:57:15 +yeliz; got it 13:57:22 KM: agree with previous speakers 13:57:51 ...need to outline the process of how the result was achieved 13:58:03 ...together with feedback form 13:58:21 VC: so accessibility statements? 13:58:50 KM: or stored on a server for large scale accreditation 13:59:16 VC: need to black-box the website at the time of accreditation? 13:59:22 KM: yes, this might need to happen 13:59:53 ...also need to communicate if the check was self-declared, expert, group of experts, end-users, etc 14:00:13 zakim, mute me 14:00:13 klaus should now be muted 14:00:18 ...also important to consider the level of complexity and if the process would be feasible in practice 14:00:30 zakim, take up next 14:00:30 agendum 3. "Current practices - 30 mins" taken up [from shadi] 14:00:54 q+ 14:01:00 VC: how do you see 3rd party certification schemes working in practice? 14:01:04 q+ 14:01:04 q+ 14:01:23 MV: haven't seen the track-keeping thing in the accreditation domain 14:01:39 ...but research papers about accessibility performance over time 14:01:54 ...one mechanism they used is archive.org 14:02:15 q+ 14:02:16 ...which has snapshot of websites 14:02:46 ...agree with Klaus that we should keep track of how things evolve 14:02:55 ...but difficult as websites change frequently 14:03:08 zakim, ack me 14:03:09 unmuting davidsloan 14:03:09 I see markel, annika, Yehya on the speaker queue 14:03:15 VC: do large organizations keep copies of their website? 14:03:51 DS: coming from research to consultancy 14:04:10 ...asked to assess websites, often in a legal context 14:04:13 Web accessibility guidelines - A lesson from the evolving Web_http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11280-011-0130-8 14:04:24 ...raises the question of re-testing an remediation 14:04:51 ...maybe not written in a standard or policy 14:04:56 Evolution of web site design patterns: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1095872.1095876 14:05:16 ...but need to have at regular intervals 14:05:29 Progress on Website Accessibility?: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2435215.2435217 14:05:31 ...should be part of the accreditation scheme 14:05:43 VC: aware of scheme that is valid for only 1 year 14:05:44 these were papers of how we can keep track of accessibility or usability 14:05:55 ...but website can change within 5 minutes 14:06:18 DS: things like VPAT do not seem to consider this 14:06:27 zakim, mute me 14:06:27 davidsloan should now be muted 14:06:31 zakim, ack me 14:06:31 unmuting annika 14:06:33 q? 14:06:33 I see markel, Yehya on the speaker queue 14:07:00 AN: experience with monitoring of websites in regular intervals 14:07:15 ...approaches in the Netherlands and also in Norway 14:07:39 ...review by experts once a year and automatic checks monthly in between 14:07:53 ...this would indicate major changes such as a relaunch 14:08:05 VC: is that documented somewhere? 14:08:19 q- 14:08:26 AN: eGovMon may have some description about the process 14:08:40 zakim, mute me 14:08:40 annika should now be muted 14:09:01 YM: also implemented observatory 14:09:15 ...in which the website is copied into the database 14:09:37 ...and compared during rechecking to only check pages that changed 14:09:57 ...then report improvements and failures in these changes 14:10:03 agenda? 14:10:21 q+ 14:10:33 ack yeh 14:10:38 zakim, ack me 14:10:38 unmuting davidsloan 14:10:39 I see no one on the speaker queue 14:10:50 zakim, take up next 14:10:50 agendum 4. "design - 10 mins" taken up [from shadi] 14:11:16 VC: what aspects do accrediation schemes need to consider? 14:11:53 DS: need robust scheme that is usable for the owner 14:12:15 ...also that ensures a quality assurance process 14:12:22 Regular monitoring of web sites by eGovMon project: http://accessibility.egovmon.no/en/benchmarking2.0/ 14:13:12 ...also need to think about technical aspects vs experiential aspects as well 14:13:53 VC: agree that benefit for the owner is necessary 14:14:16 ...and ultimately also should benefit the end-user 14:15:15 DS: would be a fantastic research project to collect information about what would most help people report good quality 14:15:36 In line with what David says 14:15:37 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1639642.1639677 14:15:56 Collaborative web accessibility improvement: challenges and possibilities 14:16:06 q+ 14:16:16 zakim, mute me 14:16:16 davidsloan should now be muted 14:16:37 MV: "social accessibility" by IBM Japan 14:16:57 q- 14:17:04 ...may be reliable and not as sophisticated 14:17:09 hiro 14:17:21 crowdsoucing 14:17:54 I think that collaborative identification and fixing of accessibility problems is a great crowd-sourcing initiative, but is complementary to an accreditation system that would identify sites that *don't* have such problems 14:18:26 agenda? 14:18:27 sorry, have to leave ... bye 14:18:40 zakim, take up agendum 6 14:18:40 agendum 6. "benefits - 10 mins" taken up [from shadi] 14:18:46 q+ 14:18:50 In the Netherlands, they use a combination of monitoring (http://versie1.webrichtlijnen.nl/monitor/) and accessiblity label "drempelvrij" (http://www.accessibility.nl/ondersteuning/het-inspectieproces). 14:18:52 VC: benefits for users from accredited websites? 14:18:57 -klaus 14:19:02 I'd like to see researchers gather more details from disabled web users on how they assess quality of web sites in terms of accessibility and user experience; and their views on accreditation schemes 14:19:36 SH: quite some work done confirming that website that meet standards are often built better 14:19:44 ...and meet better quality attributes 14:19:49 q+ 14:20:16 ...so maybe not immediate but would contribute to improvement 14:20:30 q- 14:20:33 ...would help promote websites that are better made 14:20:54 MV: agree that benefits may not be direct 14:21:09 any accreditation scheme must be trustworthy, and as soon as trust is lost (e.g. because it isn't sufficiently rigorous and marks a site as accessible when it isn't), then the accreditation scheme fails for people with disabilities 14:21:15 ...but also helps set expectation 14:21:22 ...also side-effects of that 14:21:37 q+ 14:21:48 q- markel 14:22:12 VC: agree with David's comment on importance of trustworthyness 14:22:24 q+ 14:22:30 zakim, ack me 14:22:30 unmuting davidsloan 14:22:32 I see shadi on the speaker queue 14:22:55 DS: opens discussion on involving 3rd-party 14:23:41 ...for example fixtheweb process had a volunteer between someone who percieves an issue and the website owner 14:24:04 ...because also the role of people in accreditation is important 14:24:24 ...but brings the challenge of the skills and capabilities of users 14:24:34 ack me 14:24:49 zakim, mute me 14:24:49 davidsloan should now be muted 14:25:46 SA: strongly agrees with David, trustworthiness is crucial 14:25:56 +1 to shadi's point that trustworthiness affects the underlying standard the accreditation scheme purports to support 14:26:01 SAZ: agree with David on trustworthyness 14:26:25 ...also that unreliable schemes could undo much of the work we've been doing on accessibility 14:26:30 guys, I must leave: we should have more of these! bye! 14:26:33 markel has left #rd 14:27:00 zakim, take up agendum 7 14:27:00 agendum 7. "Future practice considerations - 10 mins" taken up [from shadi] 14:27:20 VC: how to ensure that someone has the ability to say that a website is accessible 14:27:46 ...Giogrio wrote about the aspect of the role of expertise 14:27:56 q+ 14:28:11 zakim, ack me 14:28:11 unmuting davidsloan 14:28:12 I see no one on the speaker queue 14:28:31 http://www.hassellinclusion.com/2013/01/accessibility-accreditation-value/ 14:29:20 DS: Jonathan Hassel posted something about selecting acreditation providers 14:29:27 VC: in the wiki 14:29:44 ...also paper by Suzette Keith about overclaiming in logos 14:30:32 DS: discussion about need for professional acreditation 14:30:41 -yeliz 14:30:52 -Yehya 14:30:59 ...also discussion about an international Association of Web Accessibility Professionals 14:31:13 VC: also discussion about W3C's role in this 14:32:23 SA: Process is paramount, important - open and not closed to a particular group 14:32:31 SA: who can make a claim? 14:32:35 -sharper 14:33:32 SA: is a need for self-certification and they have a QA process in place, others need help (technical perhaps), both can and should co-exist. Skill is importnat - training and materials - but needs to be and remain open. 14:34:16 you are very welcome! Very interesting discussion 14:34:20 goodbye 14:34:20 bye! 14:34:22 -Mark_Hakkinen 14:34:24 bye 14:34:24 -christos 14:34:25 trackbot, end meeting 14:34:25 Zakim, list attendees 14:34:25 thanks and bye 14:34:25 As of this point the attendees have been Vivienne, markel, Shadi, davidsloan, annika, Justin, christos, Yehya, sharper, Mark_Hakkinen, silvia, klaus, yeliz 14:34:29 -davidsloan 14:34:31 -annika 14:34:33 RRSAgent, please draft minutes 14:34:33 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/09/11-rd-minutes.html trackbot 14:34:34 RRSAgent, bye 14:34:34 I see no action items