IRC log of wai-wcag on 2003-07-02

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plan for the day
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- finish reports from yesterday's small groups
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what is the impact of what we are doing?
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in about a year, we hope wcag 2.0 will become a w3c recommendation. what effect will that have?
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for the log: <rscano> some photos of yesterday : http://www.iwa-italy.org/fotografie/default.asp?path=2003%2FWCAG+WG/ :)
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summaries from yesterday:
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italy: yesterday in the parliament, 5 proposals have been merged into one proposal. one refers to w3c (ATAG, WCAG, UAAG). one does not. another refers to only a part of WCAG.
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the proposals have been compiled into one document, not "merged" in that they haven't been combined into one proposal.
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12 proposals, but in commission only 4 or 5 main proposals.
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government web sites are about 3% accessible.
07:22:54 [wendy]
there will be a law by the end of the year, but not sure what it says.
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israel: no regulation.
07:24:41 [wendy]
a braille reader works in hebrew, but screen readers are not affordable and don't read well.
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(i.e., mispronounces many words)
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sweden: probably prefer for EU to make a law.
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scotland: 1999 discrimination act, wcag is using law. oftentimes (in the university), don't have people specific for accessiblity but often use consultants.
07:28:24 [wendy]
government bodies also use consultants to create and evaluate web sites. had several workshops for people about creating accessible sites.
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spain: not rewriting, but interpreting what wcag 1.0 means.
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i.e., "until user agents..." they say "user agents do it, so we won't worry about it." they are running with it. would be good to have more formal interpretation.
07:29:37 [wendy]
when 2.0 comes out, they'll eventually write a law that will adopt 2.0 and eventually will be applied.
07:29:56 [wendy]
it will take some time after it comes out to adopt.
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scotland: after 2.0 comes out, what is likely to happen? eventually adopt, once cases are introduced that use the act people will likely take more seriously.
07:31:53 [wendy]
they'll be looking for most up-to-date information (when cases come out). but they are efficient. will also be looking to rest of europe.
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(european union)
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efficient in making changes and updating.
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australia: law - must be accessible or have to fix it. following wcag 1.0 is best prevention from problems with the law.
07:33:09 [wendy]
many govnts watching and anticipating wcag 2.0.
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when reaches last call, that's the time to start taking seriously and to begin making changes to it.
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public must be (unless cost too much, although doesn't usually wash as an argument), private should be
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s/public/private (i.e., no exemtion on public but the exemtion is private)
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public == government
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public accomodation - anything that offers services to the public
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germany: laws and regulation at national level, but universities and schools follow state law
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took WCAG 1.0 and sorted into 2 priorities. p1 is a must for everything that goes online after everything publisehd after the law into effect.
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p2 required for navigation path and key areas onthe site.
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entry pages
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legacy content has until end of 2005 to be changed or will be deleted. also navigation path to that doc.
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:)
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no civil discrimination act. act does not cover public places.
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will have civil disc. act maybe next year.
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then provisions will extend to private sector.
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tomas intends to create a mapping between the germany p1s and the WCAG 1.0 checkpoints match up
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http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/sloan.html <-- UK Disability and Discrimination Act
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germany policies: http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/#DE
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federalized system. states have authority over culture, education. so whole education sector not covered by federal law.
07:45:02 [wendy]
7 states that have discrimination act and 9 don't.
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2 states are older than federal provison and have nothing about IT accessibility.
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2 others have adopted the federal regulation.
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others waiting for 2.0 or take federal law and make state law? don't know.
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federal regulation will be evaluted in next 3 years. one appendix (reform of wcag 1.0) **could be** dropped and replaced by 2.0.
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(national) disability discrimination act, based on chapter 3 of constitution (race, religion, disability, etc.)
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also interesting to map current checkpoints to wcag 2.0 to see how close they are
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belgium: nothing in law. some sites work on, not many. most going with wcag 1.0 A.
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negotiations, such that earliest something happen next year. if a law, will be based on WAI guidelines.
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in french speaking parts, more initiatives butlocal. in flemish, a label "blind surfer" from org who is part of EuroAccessibility.
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Marc propose they look at 2.0 rather than 1.0. w/e-govnt initiatives next year, good point to look at.
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earliest have law is late 2004
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some govnt sites asked for audit, not sure what they do with it.
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/citizens/accessibility/web/wai_2002/ep_res_web_wai_2002/index_en.htm
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http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/citizens/accessibility/web/wai_2002/eaccess2002_report_final/a_documents/ap2002-wai-rep3.pdf
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A bit more about the DRC (Disability Research Council) briefing on forthcoming survey of 1000 sites: http://www.accessify.com/articles/DRC-briefing-report.asp
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UK: in particular, refer to the conclusion section of the sloan paper: http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/sloan.html#7
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prediction for 2.0: see what happens in u.s. and australia
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currently, using level A from 1.0 as a model
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hopefully adopt 2.0 in the same way
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U.S. 508 revised with right of private action (i.e., the govnt can be sued)
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if govnt buys a web site it has to be accessible & right of private action. however, if make their own no right of private action.
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(more on UK from yesterday's notes 15:14:43)
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private sector had been following WCAG b/c they wanted it clear that didn't have to follow 508, but then some felt 508 easier to follow. so in the private sector, no defn.
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question about web sites being covered by u.s. law.
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current case about an airline.
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(508 revised in 1998, final rule published 2001 - update dates in yesterday's minutes)
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if web covered is ambiguous.
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in practice in govnt - 508. great effort to comply. trying to set a good example.
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want to get things done before there is a suit.
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getting rid of clutter makes sites more accessible and professional. so, trend towards getting rid of eye-candy
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accessibility helped advance usability of sites
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private/u.s. heading towards 508 or Level A WCAG 1.0
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the tools support 508. people look to lowest common denominator that gives safe harbor.
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state dept seems to have a more positive attitude about making sites accessible and being innovative. other agencies seem to be more concerned about being sued than doing it because it is a good idea.
08:14:06 [wendy]
what about legacy content?
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hey jason!
08:14:58 [rscano]
hi Jason :)
08:15:01 [jason]
Hello Wendy
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particularly, "photo pdf" that are images of text, not actual text.
08:15:27 [andi]
Jason, aren't you supposed to be sleeping?
08:15:50 [wendy]
some pdf is locked and assistive technologies can't get info out of them.
08:16:26 [jason]
Not yet, no. I expect to be going to bed early, though, as I caught the family cold this week. It's 6:16 PM here.
08:16:41 [jason]
I thought I would join for a while.
08:16:56 [wendy]
difficult to keep up with everything. there are 300 sites that are in some process of review.
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discussion about examples from the state dept of u.s. (cyrillic site)
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current state of the state dept.
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what happened to the ADA?
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1996 ruling: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/foia/tal712.txt
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hearing in 2000
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recent suit related to an airline
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w3c amicus brief: http://www.w3.org/2003/03/17-brief.html
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the question of this case is: does the ada cover internet sites?
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Apply ada for internet: http://www.icdri.org/CynthiaW/applying_the_ada_to_the_internet.htm
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another case at same time, found for. all headlines only about case that found against.
08:32:48 [wendy]
question: in wcag 2.0 is there anything that would make it easier or better for adoption in european union or member countries?
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in germany, if p1 and p2 lined up with core and extended, would be helpful. :)
08:33:55 [wendy]
2.0: clear separation between minimum and best practice. have a solid basis, start with something "more legal"
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some of the phrases and terminology is difficult to understand.
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if have to translate, might be difficult to get the same meaning in other language.
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in englihs, might have very specific meaning.
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when try to find variation could have different meaning.
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(marc has an example passage that could be difficult to explain in dutch)
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perhaps first translate the glossary.
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the structure seems to be a good step. clear.
08:36:42 [wendy]
committees within union have just adopted 1.0, perhaps might take a while to move to 2.0.
08:37:10 [wendy]
could one person from each country take current wcag 2.0 and read to a friend. each time hit a phrase that is difficult to translate, highlight it.
08:39:09 [jason]
Perhaps this would best be done after the editors have taken one more editorial pass through the 2.0 document, which has recently been reorganized and I think would benefit from a little more editorial work.
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08:39:51 [wendy]
:)
08:39:58 [jason]
By all means, though, if you find problematic expressions or sentences while at the face to face meeting it would be helpful to highlight them.
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q+ giorgio
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ack giorgio
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recently translated LIFT to Italian.
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translated text resources.
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main difficulty was determining the lexicon and determing how to represent terms like "form"
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decided not to translate into italian, used english as technical word
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could be ambiguous
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took 2 months, 2 persons to translate
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had to markup all of the foreign words with span. did not anticipate this. "browser" is not translatable
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need to label so they are pronounced the correct way (by a screen reader)
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jaws doesn't work with span
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are borrowed words in english mispronounced or have they been around long enough?
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ghoti == fish?
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ghoti ~ fish :)
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1.0 seemed specific, 2.0 too general. difficult to apply.
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technology-specific checklists will be important (for 2.0)
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q+ katie, patrizia
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q+ cmn
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coord w/w3c offices?
08:50:24 [wendy]
not curerntly translating. this is informal exercise to look for difficult phrases.
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(w3c offices are not currently translating)
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good morning
08:51:04 [rscano]
hi michela
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Hi
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ack katie
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had ideas for short phrases for checkpoints (like short phrases used on guidelines)
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"handles"
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katie will send to the list her suggestions
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ack patrizia
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useful to have information that would help convince sites that are not govnt sites to be accessible
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http://www.w3.org/WAI/bcase/benefits.html
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hierarchy of the most important parts of sites to be accessible.
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q+ to respond to patrizia
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ack chaals
08:54:26 [Zakim]
chaalsVCE, you wanted to note about translations after the break
08:54:33 [wendy]
that work is done by eowg
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translations: if you translate a w3c document, there are formal requirements.
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http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/
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ack wendy
08:57:05 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to respond to patrizia
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===
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break
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over break - what do you want to discuss during the next session
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gv reads possible topics (from draft agenda)
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+ francesco
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reconvened
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when do people need to leave?
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12:00 daniela, silvia
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lisa, francesco, ian
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groups:
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server techniques/rdf
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lisa's tool: she'll send link to list
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conformance testing or imp testing framework
09:40:07 [bengt]
lisa: http://www.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2003AprJun/0034.html
09:42:10 [bengt]
lisa: http://www.yadsarah.org.il/english/index.asp?id=95
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breaking for lunch and into small groups
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server-side techniques:
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lisa, maurizio, andi, enrico, lisa, patrizia, bengt, katie, gregg, charles, giuseppe, etc...
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back from lunch
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andi?
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could you minute?
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RDF Techniques
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Should these be independent techniques or part of server side techniques?
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group (lisa, maurizio, andy, enrico, lisa, patrizia, bengt, katie, gregg, charles, giuseppe, wendy
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Related to server side techniques but doesn't really matter because technology specific techniques can be compiled into a single checklist
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Will bounce any proposed techniques off RDF working group
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want draft sooner rather than later
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introduction (how you use it, advantage, general examples) followed by individual techniques with lots of working examples.
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renderer can be open source, proprietary but freely available, or paid for
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for the log:
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<wendy> i think we all just got disconnected
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[08:18] <wendy> we'll be using editors note to point out some techniques that we're including (so that we don't lose them) but htat might end up in a better place
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[08:18] <wendy> ===
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[08:19] <wendy> techniques group: tomas and ian
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we went through the early draft of the html techniques.
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want me to minute again?
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please. thx
12:22:16 [andi]
reviewed HTML techniques working draft against WCAG 2.0 draft
12:22:29 [andi]
ideas of useful things to add but didn't try to reinvent the wheel
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alt text is given for 1.1 so didn't bother with that one.
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D link - shouldn't be a standard because there are lots of problems with it.
12:23:58 [andi]
perhaps a better technique is to provide a caption for the image that is a link to a long description
12:24:40 [andi]
could put description under the image that is styled in a way that it doesn't interfere with the visual design of the page
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looked at some examples
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should we add an example of using an image to provide a skip navigation link
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?
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very few people know you can actually style the alt attribute
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can render in a different color, size, etc.
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is it worth recommending different classes for image types depending on function? i.e. bullets, etc.
12:27:28 [andi]
questions can be put in the issues list for followup discussion in techniques working group (Wednesdays)
12:27:50 [andi]
should post proposals to WCAG mailing list
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captions are a good idea for some pictures, but not all
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most browsers now support longdesc
12:29:38 [andi]
UIs range - only available through ATs to robust support
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WCAG 1.0 specs say you should support older ATs. WCAG 2.0 says it differently.
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sometimes have to use presentational markup in order to support older technologies
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example where older technology did not support block level HTML elements
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rendered as one long line.
12:32:13 [andi]
what does it mean if you use depracated markup
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WCAG 1.0 errata proposed to resolve this issue
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lot of times where you have to support older technologies; e.g. EU requirement to use Netscape 4
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errata needed to build exceptions into WCAG 1.0
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updating the log:
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(we lost connectivity at: 08:34
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GV suggests expanding circle of reviewers
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(@@WAC paste log here...)
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12:55:16 [andi]
need to be careful about selecting implementors to work closely with. Don't want to choose only those people that want to work with us because their site is already accessible.
12:55:35 [andi]
want to be able to say "we fixed some really bad stuff"
12:56:06 [andi]
using guidelines, can take something that is really inaccessible and end up with something that is accessible but is still "robust"
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example: transportation site in Seattle - partnership between e-gov and university
12:57:07 [andi]
should start document on home page to collect categories of sites
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need a way to measure whether or not a site is more accessible after applying the guidelines
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difficult to define objective guidelines to do this
12:58:59 [andi]
test is not whether a site got more accessible
12:59:33 [andi]
test is "can the principles be applied to a site?" and "were there parts of the website that seemingly don't have any guidelines that apply?
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e.g. if we said all video has to be captioned in real time, then discovered web cams
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intent is that criteria we put into it is indicative of more accessible content, not "user testing"
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usability testing guidelines themselves? testing sites tests the "guidelines", not the "guidelines document"
13:02:05 [andi]
have to define audiences that "should" be able to use it and see if the "can" use it
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may have to define primary and secondary audiences
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wendy believes primary authors should be developers of authoring tools because that's where we will make the most impact on accessible content
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primary audiences - people who develop authoring tools, people who create web sites, people who create policy
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create accessible and innovative web sites
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===
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conformance group
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conformance - giorgio, andi, francesco, charmaine
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sorry - habit. :)
13:06:16 [andi]
started with definition of conformance vs. compliance
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conform to standard, comply with law or regulation
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good to distinguish requirements into CORE set that is absolutely required and additional optional set to push up level of accessibility of web site
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could base CORE set on testability and impact to person with disability
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q+ cmn
13:08:24 [andi]
freedom of expression could be another one
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user testing should not be a technique, testability must be independent of user testing
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another criteria was whether or not it is appropriate for all sites or whether it is practical with current technology
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two audiences
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policy makers - WCAG should suggest that policy makers only look at CORE requirements
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as a way to achieve some sort of standardization across the world
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avoids different regulation in each country
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for EXTENDED checkpoints, assign point value to each.
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point value should measure impact; i.e. all checkpoints are not equal
13:12:34 [andi]
suggestion for policy makers is "compliance". may be premature to do this when haven't settled on conformance scheme yet.
13:12:37 [wendy]
(who is the 2nd audience if 1st is policy?)
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do checkpoints that impact people who are blind have a higher weight since more of them?
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2nd audience is organizations who have web sites
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defining criteria for assigning point value is difficult
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is it the number of people or number of difficulties it affects?
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difficulties = disabilities
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suppose each checkpoint has one point
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if each checkpoint is critical for at least one disability group, then there is not diff in weight.
13:15:51 [andi]
benefit is that it still promotes web masters to do more
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disadvantage - are costs higher than benefits?
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disadvantage is it is difficult to compare sites because there is not information about what features were implemented
13:18:42 [andi]
also suggest different scales if you want to target particular disability group
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WAI does not want to promote a conformance scheme by disability type
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grading should not be "certified"
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what about UAAG style of conformance? CORE set of checkpoints plus "keyword" for others
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http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10/conformance.html#conformance-profiles
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browser supports "visual rendering" or "speech output"
13:22:40 [andi]
could use "label" idea proposed by Katie
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labels = handles
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i support core plus structure and error recovery
13:24:29 [andi]
could have CORE+ logo that links to conformance statement that identifies "+" handles
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discussion about having different labels for CORE+
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what about best practices?
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no ideas on table yet for allowing people to make claims about best practices
13:27:32 [andi]
consultants think that unless people can make claims about best practices, no one will be incented to do them
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concern about making claims on best practices because they are not testable
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but some best practice items are testable
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I can do it
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reason "best practices" are not in "required" is because we don't ever want them to be in law
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concerned that if we define a conformance scheme for them, they may end up in a law somewhere.
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Chaals disagrees
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might be okay in "common law" situation but in "codified" system, it doesn't work
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Chaals agrees that best practices should stay out of conformance scheme.
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important but no reliable way to determine that you have done them
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W3C can't prohibit something from becoming policy
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can make it clear that best practices are not testable
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hello?
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:I
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if we end up in situation where laws in two countries conflict or union of two law sets is impossible, that is real problem for industry
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[i was not connected from break until disconnected. intergrate notes from andi]
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WCAG should be careful not to give conflicting advice
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lots of things that would be okay if just a standard but because countries adopt standard as law, much more concern
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some elements in best practice are testable but can't be applied to all sites
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reasons we couldn't make them "required" are also reasons why they shouldn't be codified into law
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probably are items in current best practices that could be put into law but when we're done, there shouldn't be
14:08:39 [andi]
some may be generally applicable to certain types of web sites
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need to be very explicit about what we are creating for the policymaker audience
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have to be careful that we don't appear to be telling policy makers how to make their laws
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policy makers don't always have technical knowledge
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likewise, WCAG doesn't have policy making knowledge
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Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility - http://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/pol.html
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should anyone get credit for it since you can't test for it
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awards, competitions, training classes can reward web sites who implement best practices
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hi
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hi
14:12:13 [andi]
anything people say about best practices has to be separate from conformance claims
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confuses the issue about what they are saying can be proven and what can't
14:15:11 [wendy]
(the opinion of one person is...[see above statements])
14:15:40 [andi]
clear that we don't want to have something that is "required" that is not testable
14:15:41 [wendy]
(s/one/at least one)
14:16:21 [andi]
why is it bad for sites who have done "best practices" to list them in their META data?
14:16:55 [andi]
will be some who will claim to have done more than they have but this can also happen with the required ones
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table this until we define what conformance claims look like
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GV summarizes discussion
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entire set of CORE is required
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to claim anything
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if do all EXTENDED, claim EXTENDED
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CORE+ and define what + means using handles
14:19:58 [rscano2]
wendy shows http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10/conformance.html#conformance-claims
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http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10/conformance.html#conformance-claims
14:20:53 [andi]
could provide link to separate information on best practices claims
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concern that if link from "conformance claim" to "best practices claim", could be misinterpreted as part of conformance claim
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and someone could misuse when formulating a policy
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would guidelines for policy makers section in WCAG 2.0 alleviate concern?
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not sure
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don't want advisory statements to get mixed up with conformance
14:25:01 [andi]
could have conformance logo and best practice logo
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objections to best practice logo
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one of the things to consider is a best practice statement that is separate and sufficiently different from conformance statement
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ACTION: GV to check with AC and coordination group on whether or not we can have a section on guidelines for policy makers
14:28:43 [wendy]
not AC, just CG
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ACTION: If yes, Andi will help work on this section
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ok
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under CORE checkpoints, there are some best practice items that ARE testable. We just put them in best practices for other reasons
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ACTION for everyone: review the guidelines with the thought that everything in best practices is off the table. Rethink whether or not we should make some of them EXTENDED checkpoints.
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.
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discussion on handles
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text equivalents
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synchronized media equivalents
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q+
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q-
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will post complete handle lists to mailing list for discussion
14:33:55 [wendy]
q+ katie
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ack cmn
14:34:14 [andi]
one-word labels are really hard to translate
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literal translations are often not correct according to the original meaning
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q+ to ask about translation of some of the proposed handles
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ack katie
14:35:28 [andi]
handles have to have meaning, not just be labels
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q+ giorgio
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q+ gv
14:36:27 [andi]
people use them today but they are not "defined". WCAG should define them so that everybody uses the same set.
14:36:48 [wendy]
ack wendy
14:36:48 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to ask about translation of some of the proposed handles
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would be worth it to experiment here with translating proposed handles to see how well they translate
14:37:43 [andi]
UAAG uses phrases, not necessarily single words
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but these phrases are not what they use for conformance claims
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ack giorgio
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online ?
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lost connectivity at 10:38
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short labels should remind what it is, but not long enough that you won't
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learn the long phrase.
14:41:48 [wendy]
might be that we have 2 lengths - figure out which are more useful in which
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context.
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q?
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ack gv
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q+ giorgio
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everyone: read the guideline then in your own language, write a 2-3 word phrase the essence of the checkpoint.
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q- giorgio
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checkpoint 1.1:
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1.1 [CORE] All non-text content that can be expressed in words has a text equivalent of the function or information that the non-text content was intended to convey. [was 1.1]
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short phrase?
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text equivalent
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how does that translate into any language?
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equivalente testuale
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is there a better phrase for your language?
14:44:35 [rscano2_]
testo equivalente (italian)
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spanish and french be similar
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in german: text equivalent - but umlaut, etc.
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one word: non-text, equivalent
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textekvivalens
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1.2 [CORE] Synchronized media equivalents are provided for time-dependent presentations. [was 1.2]
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synchronized equivalents
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australian: synchronised equivalents
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synchronized media
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synchronized presentation
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media sincronizzati (italian)
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zakim, start timing
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I don't understand 'start timing', Cyberfox
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zakim, help
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Please refer to http://www.w3.org/2001/12/zakim-irc-bot for more detailed help.
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Some of the commands I know are:
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xxx is yyy - establish yyy as the name of unknown party xxx
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if yyy is 'me' or 'I', your nick is substituted
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xxx may be yyy - establish yyy as possibly the name of unknown party xxx
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I am xxx - establish your nick as the name of unknown party xxx
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xxx holds yyy [, zzz ...] - establish xxx as a group name and yyy, etc. as participants within that group
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xxx also holds yyy - add yyy to the list of participants in group xxx
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who's here? - lists the participants on the phone
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who's muted? - lists the participants who are muted
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mute xxx - mutes party xxx (like pressing 61#)
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unmute xxx - reverses the effect of "mute" and of 61#
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is xxx here? - reports whether a party named like xxx is present
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list conferences - reports the active conferences
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this is xxx - associates this channel with conference xxx
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excuse us - disconnects from the irc channel
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I last learned something new on $Date: 2003/04/02 17:04:07 $
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15:28:26 [m3mVCE]
gv: We ask for help fairly often. Without help, we won't make our 1-year deadline.
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> gv This has been a successful meeting. Very happy with the number and quality of interaction of the
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> participants. We are a year from kickoff, and need to get more international participation. We spent
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> a lot of time lingering over things. The editors need your input and feedback. We're looking for
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> experts in the field to step forward. It's going to be a big, long year for this. The last 20% takes
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> 80% of the effort. We have to plot out how to get to something that is in fact done. Best Practice
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> under core: we'll have to see if it should be pulled, moved into Extended, etc. We'll need to map it
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[11:24] <m3mVCE> all out. Who would be interested in leading the effort to do something?
15:29:12 [m3mVCE]
cynthia: Is this 1 year until CR, or 1 year to Rec?
15:29:47 [m3mVCE]
wac: If implementation testing begins in September, then Last Call early next year, a quick Candidate Rec, we can get it done by the end of 2004.
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:)
15:30:01 [m3mVCE]
gv: This will require work on the checklists, ec.
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s/ec/etc/
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gv: Thanks to everyone, the host for treating us like royalty, Maurizio for the booklets.
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khs: Next meeting ideas?
15:32:28 [m3mVCE]
wac: Some interesting offers for the January time frame. We need to have a meeting in Asia, and we may do that in November. It would be good to have another techniques-specific meeting.
15:33:08 [m3mVCE]
gv: February would be an interesting time to be back in Europe.
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