W3C

- DRAFT -

Chemistry for the Web and Publishing

06 Feb 2020

Attendees

Present
George, kilyanek, Michael_P, jasonjgw, Ashley_Neybert, Louis, Peter, Cary, NeilS, SteveNoble, Dave, franco, Avneesh, Dan_B
Regrets
Chair
Cary
Scribe
kilyanek

Contents


<George> https://www.w3.org/community/chem-web-pub/participants

chair introduced Dave Schleppenbach giving a brief CV

Schleppenbach introduced refreshable braille tablet project

Schleppenbach summarizes the importance of multiple line braille display in the context of teaching chemistry and STEM

Schleppenbach emphasizes the importance of braille literacy

Schleppenbach describes the technical challenges of the project (3k-6k dots needed)

Schleppenbach describes the user interface design challenges inherent in the project.

microsecond response rate in the electronics

design concepts - similarity to paper brail - size and form factor comperable to a tablet or laptop computer - content availability

progressive web apps should be usable. Most of this can be coded in java / javascript

DRM concerns are minimul from publishers - BRF capable device

key questions - how does a blind user interact with a full page display

what types of format work (40 cells vs 32 cells etc)

how do we teach with a device like this?

how do we help people to improve their literacy

how would we utizile a tablet of this nature to incorporate interactive content

cary - asks about tactile graphics capabilities

Schleppenbach - first run has a modular braille cell aproach - so evenly spaced vertical lines and non evenly spaced horizontal lines

Schleppenbach - this could be added through touch layer or detecting dot motion which is possible tecnhically

Schleppenbach - no branding name yet - intended to ship this year

Schleppenbach - smaller size tablet 24 cell x 16 line ~3k dots in 8 dot cells - cost estimate is 4k-5k price range

Schleppenbach - not a linear cost increase with cell size

Schleppenbach - dumb display options are a posibility - tablet has android with an application layer using wiffi usb or bluetooth

Schleppenbach - should work with a device like a computer or phone or ta blet

Schleppenbach - Yes - we have been working on a touch surface with holes drilled in it for the top surface of the device - most gestures aren't useful due to haveing your hands on the device

Schleppenbach - small touchpad is also an option under consideration

Schleppenbach - dot and half spacing between cells - we could add more dots - current version prioritized braille spec

Schleppenbach - we could move to a non braille spec in the future

Schleppenbach - not of particular interest

contact info email dave.schleppenbach@gmail.com

Cary - notes that google doc of symbol ambiguity has now reached 50 items

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_spreadsheets_d_1h-2D8k-5FbwQ1bO7gusb0O2DfcEs0DZUAo6QVGYZuVjWVB8_edit-23gid-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=7ypwAowFJ8v-mw8AB-SdSueVQgSDL4HiiSaLK01W8HA&r=YiYALifqdGEodVD1FsQilY_ldzZTpIdTA4hktnLgJSM&m=On4s1hMSnlC6GoAvPCYFSwbVyBwARf4YutgkTelNSSw&s=xDL0dyndXgTzXYTqtpOlqoS4ebSyY93VA9bhWPfShg0&e=

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h-8k_bwQ1bO7gusb0O2DfcEs0DZUAo6QVGYZuVjWVB8/edit#gid=0

sorry about the proofpoint link please ignore

<jasonjgw> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h-8k_bwQ1bO7gusb0O2DfcEs0DZUAo6QVGYZuVjWVB8/edit#gid=0

A - Neil - there is a tag in HTML for this - in MATHML there will be a subject area tag / attribute. the excercise here is to dtermine how fine a grain we need

Neil - proposes a chemical formula tag and other possible tags based on subject.

<George> The sheet is at:

<George> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h-8k_bwQ1bO7gusb0O2DfcEs0DZUAo6QVGYZuVjWVB8/edit#gid=0

concerns of the work needed for author level disambiguation were discussed

george - reqyests that work continues between calls

scheduling discussion ensued

2-20-2020 at noon eastern

next meeting

ageneda - continued work on examples and disambiguation

chair concludes meeting

<George> Next call February 20, 2020 at 17 UTC, noon Eastern

Summary of Action Items

Summary of Resolutions

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