IRC log of wai-wcag on 2004-06-24

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Chair: Gregg Vanderheiden
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Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004AprJun/0784.html
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+??P4
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zakim, ??P4 is Bengt_Farre
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+Bengt_Farre; got it
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zakim, I am Bengt_Farre
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ok, bengt, I now associate you with Bengt_Farre
20:04:58 [wendy]
zakim, who's on the phone?
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On the phone I see ??P0, John_Slatin, Matt, Wendy, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Bengt_Farre
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zakim, ??P0 is Takayuki_Watanabe
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+Takayuki_Watanabe; got it
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+[Microsoft]
20:05:18 [bengt]
zakim, who is making noise ?
20:05:28 [Zakim]
bengt, listening for 10 seconds I heard sound from the following: John_Slatin (25%), Matt (9%), Loretta_Guarino_Reid (25%), Bengt_Farre (15%), [Microsoft] (86%)
20:05:52 [wendy]
zakim, [Microsoft] is Mike_Barta
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+Mike_Barta; got it
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+??P5
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zakim, who is making noise ?
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zakim, ??P5 is Roberto_Ellero
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+Roberto_Ellero; got it
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bengt, listening for 11 seconds I heard sound from the following: Takayuki_Watanabe (9%), John_Slatin (33%), Loretta_Guarino_Reid (4%), ??P5 (17%), Wendy (39%)
20:06:12 [rellero]
zakim, mute me
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sorry, rellero, I do not see a party named 'rellero'
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+??P7
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zakim, rellero is Roberto_Ellero
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sorry, rellero, I do not recognize a party named 'rellero'
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hi from rscano *mobile edition :-)
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:-)
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zakim, who's on the phone?
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On the phone I see Takayuki_Watanabe, John_Slatin, Matt, Wendy, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Bengt_Farre, Mike_Barta, Roberto_Ellero, ??P7
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zakim, mute Roberto_Ellero
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Roberto_Ellero should now be muted
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:-)
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zakim, ??P7 is Gregg_Vanderheiden_and_Ben_Caldwell
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+Gregg_Vanderheiden_and_Ben_Caldwell; got it
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+Katie_Haritos-Shea
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Regrets: Avi Arditti, Roberto Scano, Andy Judston, Roberto Castaldo, Gian Sampson-Wild, Doyle Burnett, Andi Snow-Weaver, Becky Gibson
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zakim, who's on the phone?
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On the phone I see Takayuki_Watanabe, John_Slatin, Matt, Wendy, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Bengt_Farre, Mike_Barta, Roberto_Ellero (muted), Gregg_Vanderheiden_and_Ben_Caldwell,
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... Katie_Haritos-Shea
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+Christian_Buehler
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Christian, et al comments at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2004May/0003.html
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Scribe: Wendy Chisholm
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CB WCAG 1.0 adopted as standard in Germany.
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people argued that document from 1999 is too old for a document to be adopted in 2002. Now, 2004, similar argument.
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In 1.0, there are some time-dependent issues (e.g., "until user agents.")
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everyone waiting for 2.0, however don't know when available. thus we went for 1.0.
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how quickly will 2.0 be published? possible to publish 1.0 errata before 2.0 becomes recommendation?
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gv we have looked at issue with taking a 1.1 through recommendation process.
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worried that it will set 2.0 back further (if we focus on 1.1)
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also, want to avoid confusion between 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0. enough confusion around 1.0 and 2.0.
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desirable to adopt wcag w/out specifying a version number?
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so that adopt whatever is current at the given time.
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or create a mechanism to migrate to 2.0 once it is available.
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difficult b/c it is not published by ISO or CEN.
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have a clause that says will revisit technical standards over time or if sig. chnges occur in environment.
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s/chgnes/changes
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however, that does not mean it is adopted automatically.
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we could go through all of these discussions again.
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worry about ability to convince government a second time.
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W3C Recommendations are "real" standards, e.g., HTML, XML.
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However, there has been some discussion about taking WCAG 2.0 through ISO process.
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Some WCAG 1.0 checkpoints had to be reworded into legislative language.
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e.g., "until user agents"
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Similar to 508 issue.
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We are trying to write in such a way that can be adopted in policy and to avoid every country rewording to meet their needs.
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Related to the "official translation" issue.
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Know that is being discussed.
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Understand don't want to publish 1.1, but useful to have clarifications, e.g., about until user agent checkpoints.
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http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/WAI-UA-Support
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+Michael_Cooper
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zakim, I am Michael_Cooper
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ok, MichaelC, I now associate you with Michael_Cooper
20:25:23 [MichaelC]
zakim, mute me
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Michael_Cooper should now be muted
20:26:12 [wendy]
wac we have 3 options (not mutually exclusive):
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1. update user agent accessibility page (http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/WAI-UA-Support)
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2. update errata page (with informative errata) http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WAI-WEBCONTENT-ERRATA
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3. publish revised edition of WCAG 1.0 that deprecates *some* of the until user agent checkpoints (don't think we can do all) - only do if don't have to go through entire Rec process)
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produced a matching document between 1.0 and 2.0. expected close match between p1 in 1.0 and level 1 in 2.0.
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needed to make migration easy
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our mapping is more detailed than your mapping
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need a document that says "migrate from 1.0 to 2.0... here's what you do"
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stronger requirements, weaker, deprecated
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we intend to provide that information - not only for people to use, but to ensure we've done our job well.
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felt that some criteria are refering to UAAG, because UAAG not adopted in legislation.
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enforcement only on WCAG not UAAG
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if transfer responsiblities to UAAG, it goes into a "grey zone"
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2.2 level 2 (stop or pause content)
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problem is not referencing other guidelines, but making assumptions about user agent
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if we don't make any assumptions about what the user's tools can do, then author has a lot more work to do. how do you propose we address that?
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ok to make assumptions about what they currently do, not what they *might* do
20:35:37 [wendy]
there will always be a browser that is broken. does that mean that we must always plan for the worst case?
20:35:59 [wendy]
in germany, made a timeline that said "everything older than 3 years, need not be taken care of"
20:37:29 [wendy]
what about other technologies, not just html? what about upcoming technologies and that wcag 2.0 will be around for ~5 years? what about pushing user agents and asst techs to do what they are supposed to do?
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ack wendy
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we want to remove the barriers as much as possible. if i assume something that may not happen, then there is no guarantee.
20:39:02 [MichaelC]
q+
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ack Michael
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q+ to ask, "support for standards."
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difference between techniques and guidelines.
20:39:46 [MichaelC]
zakim, mute me
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Michael_Cooper should now be muted
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ack wendy
20:41:48 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to ask, "support for standards."
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adoption by government creates need for people to follow.
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if people feel it is too heavy, business can create pressure to ease the burden.
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however, atag and uaag not likely to be adopted by governments...although 508 does include software accessibility guidelines that are related/directly map to aspects of atag and uaag.
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q
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what does it mean, "techniques are informative"
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q+ katie
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gv explains guidelines, techniques, and checklists
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issues related to making checklists normative
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ack katie
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related to atag/uaag in law, people are validating more b/c of internal policies. perhaps by default, browsers will support standards.
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wrt tables, they are not technology-dependent. they are a feature of presenting information.
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thus, they should be part of the guidelines.
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ack john
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-Roberto_Ellero
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the place where tables is covered, they are covered abstractly - using structural elements.
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because it was a big point in 1.0 and basically vanished in 2.0
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Topic: Guideline 1.1
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new proposal:
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1. collapses information from criteria into defn of equivalent
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2. removed "exception" (sensory experience) by incorporating into success criteria
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3. instead of "a text equiv" to "equiv alternative" which collapses 1.2 into 1.1
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this syncs w/guideline 1 in 1.0
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in 1.0, multimedia subset of guideline 1.1.
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ack Mike
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1.2 seems much broader and concern about comibning w/1.1
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ack john
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Q+
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instead of dividing line being multimedia, if there is time-based material then synch audio description under 1.2 and keep separate
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level 3 under 1.1 (text doc that includes descriptions) - is providing a text equiv for the equivalents in 1.2
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radio show is time-dependent, but no need to sync equivalents
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+??P5
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zakim, ??P5 is Kerstin_Goldsmith
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+Kerstin_Goldsmith; got it
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breaking proposal into 3 parts:
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1. consensus: remove the phrase, "serve the same purpose or convey the same information"
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2. consensus: remove the phrase, "except when the sole purpose...is to create a sensory experience..."
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3. use "non-text equivalents" instead of "equivalent alternatives" which moves audio description into 1.1
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??
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discussion:
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then, do all images have to be described w/an audio file?
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ack gvan
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ack john
21:16:09 [wendy]
doesn't say, "provide equivalent alternatives for visual content"
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success criteria would discuss types of content
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e.g., SC 1, level 1 talks about text alternatives, there are 3 things under that that are more specific.
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Q+
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q+ to ask "why only move audio description and not also captions?"
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ack wendy
21:20:05 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to ask "why only move audio description and not also captions?"
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1.1 uses "text equivalents" and 1.2 is about multimedia/interactive
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alternative vs equivalent - people's feelings?
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Mime multipart actually defines it as alternative
21:27:56 [wendy]
"text alternative" is more appropriate, since not actually writing an "equivalent" for a painting
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consensus: use "text alternative" instead of "text equivalent"
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-Michael_Cooper
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21:33:30 [wendy]
define "explicitly associated?" remove "programatically"?
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txt alt are explicitly associated (link) w/non-text content and 1 of the following is true...
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non-text content that does not provide info or functionality can be ignored by asst. tech
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"is marked in a fashion...to be ignored?"
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this is d, "non-text content that does not provide function or information is marked such that it can be ignored..."
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... =
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functionality or information...by asst technologies
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adopted other proposed wording
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thanks john and mike!
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-Loretta_Guarino_Reid
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-Mike_Barta
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-Kerstin_Goldsmith
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-Wendy
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-John_Slatin
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-??P7
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-Katie_Haritos-Shea
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-Matt
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-Bengt_Farre
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-Takayuki_Watanabe
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WAI_WCAG()4:00PM has ended
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Attendees were John_Slatin, Matt, Wendy, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Bengt_Farre, Takayuki_Watanabe, Mike_Barta, Roberto_Ellero, Gregg_Vanderheiden_and_Ben_Caldwell, Katie_Haritos-Shea,
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... Michael_Cooper, Kerstin_Goldsmith
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21:47:47 [wendy]
zakim, bye
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RRSAgent, bye
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I see no action items