IRC log of silver-conf on 2021-12-16

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Meeting: Silver Conformance Options Subgroup
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Date: 16 Dec 2021
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agenda?
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queue:
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Agenda+ Agenda Review & Administrative Items
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agenda+ Issue 450 Candidate Response https://github.com/w3c/silver/issues/450
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agenda+ Conformance and Compliance Glossary Definition Followup https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Current_Glossary_Candidates
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agenda+ Deliverables Planning for 2022 https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Deliverables
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agenda+ Other Business
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agenda+ Be Done
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present+
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zakim, who's here?
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Present: janina
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On IRC I see RRSAgent, jeanne, janina, MichaelC, Rachael, trackbot
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rrsagent, make minutes
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I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2021/12/16-silver-conf-minutes.html janina
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agenda?
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Present+
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scribe: Wilco
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zakim, take up next
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agendum 1 -- Agenda Review & Administrative Items -- taken up [from janina]
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Janina: Filing an issue on one of the issues assigned to us.
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... Wanted to get a sense of if we're ready to advance it.
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... Looking at issue 450 our distinction may matter.
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present+
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... Again, this is our last meeting of the year. Next meeting is January 6th.
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zakim, take up next
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agendum 2 -- Issue 450 Candidate Response https://github.com/w3c/silver/issues/450 -- taken up [from janina]
17:10:04 [Wilco]
Janina: Issue 450 was assigned to us. There is more than one topic. I have a proposed comment at the end.
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present+
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q+
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Gregg: Bullet 2 is particularly interesting. As long as it's user contributed, and they're contributing it freely, that's one category.
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... When you're paying someone. You pay for a movie you put on a site. That's a contractual relationship where you can say I'll pay for the movie but it needs captions.
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... Otherwise you get into a slippery slope of always paying a third party.
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q+
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Janina: The response don't cover everything. I think we're not going to want to get involved of which kind of content needs which level in the standard.
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Q+ to note Gregg's observation of paid-for content
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... Free of paid is interesting, but even that's possibly outside a technical standard. Leans more towards compliance.
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... The response is intentionally brief and focused on user generated.
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q?
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Gregg: Are we reviewing just the response, or 6.2 from the draft.
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Janina: 6.2 is from the draft. We may update 6.2 on this call. It came out of this group.
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q?
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peter: Minor tweak is to be more clear on the particular request. Respond to the second bullet, or something.
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q-
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ack jf
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JF, you wanted to note Gregg's observation of paid-for content
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JF: Gregg's point, using paid for content as a dividing marker is interesting. Don't want to lose that idea.
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Janina: Will try to pick it up.
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q?
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q+ "For content that is contracted -- your first bullet -- we are still in active discussion. For the second bullet ..."
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Peter: I would not change their word. They didn't use the word contracted.
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... Or just say "your second bullet" and be done with it.
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Janina: I'd rather point to what we addressed.
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DRAFT RESPONSE: The updated WCAG 3 Working Draft just published contains Sec.
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6.2: User Generated Content which
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responds to your second bullet in your comment. We solicit and welcome your
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response to this first iteration of proposed conformance criteria relating to
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user generated content even as we continue to bring additional third party
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guidance into future WCAG 3 Working Drafts.
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We are still in active discussion on your first bullet.
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Janina: Any objections?
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+1
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Jeanne: I'll mark it ready for survey
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zakim, take up next
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agendum 3 -- Conformance and Compliance Glossary Definition Followup https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Current_Glossary_Candidates -- taken up [from janina]
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+1 to Peters comment that we need to be careful to not put words into the mouths of commenters when we respond.
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Janina: Wonder if we think it's ready for the Friday call.
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q?
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q?
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Peter: Absent more that makes use of these terms, throwing just glossary definitions may not be productive.
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q+
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q+
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Janina: I see it as a bit of chicken/egg. We'll get there fast. We're already there with our user generated response.
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.. Do we try in WCAG 3 to slice and dice between what AWK was asking for.
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... There may be other edge cases where we might want to rely on us not wanting to decide everything.
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Peter: Completely agree. I'm just wondering if having a discussion on this devoid of place where it would help us may be ineffective.
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Janina: Knowing we're likely to get back to our media discussions. Third party is part of our deliverables.
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... If we rush to make this distinction, do we block ourselves off?
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Gregg: I think we do it now. There is a lot of confusion in the group. All normative words should be defined. Compliance is not. We don't really have a standing. As a note under conformance its nice to make a contrast.
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Q+
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... The reason to put it in is so everyone can see it and comment.
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q?
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+1 to Gregg's alternative
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Gregg: You talked about an United posting on YouTube. It's United that's on the hook for that, not YouTube
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q+
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JF: Agree to getting it there. This came up Tuesday.
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q+
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Janina: This fear of publishing makes sense to for WCAG 2.2, but for 3.0 we should have an easier attitude.
17:29:01 [GreggVan]
+1 to janinas comment RE new in 2.2 vs new in 3.0 which is nascent
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agenda?
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q+
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Peter: No objection to bring this to Silver / AGWG. It's important. My only question is do we do it with just this text, or bring it with additional context around where this is important.
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q?
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... so that we can say this is one of the places where it's important.
17:30:37 [GreggVan]
+1 to providing context -- but I would not tie it to media or any other topic. that will draw all that into the discussion and this is generic
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q+
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... It's just a question of what will help make the discussion most effective.
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Prefer 2nd option.
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Azlan: Do we have a prefer the alternate version or the new one.
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Janina: I think we get rid of the initial text and make the alternate version the proposed one.
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... At least maybe we should trial it on the Friday call.
17:32:56 [shadi]
+1 to ditching the initial version in favor of the second and more improved version
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Gregg: Agree not to have two things. I agree we should provide context, but it should be generic. We're doing this because there is a lot of confusion around these therms.
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... I would not tie it around any particular topic. I would predict the conversation switches quickly to the other topics.
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q?
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q+
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... Don't want to see it get tangled in a larger discussion.
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Shadi: This is different. I much prefer the second version. I do have a wording comment.
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Janina: Lets discuss it.
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Shadi: The second paragraph in conformance... "something, as contrasted to some entity"
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... That implies that only entities comply, and I wonder if products can also comply.
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q+
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... Later on we talk about entities that comply, I'm not sure it's that restricted. I believe there are laws that might provide tolerances.
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Q+
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q?
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... I can provide these wordings in writing.
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Jeanne notes that the examples were just notes from the meeting. Please feel free to edit them.
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Gregg: Only entities can comply with the law. Laws are a requirement on legal entities. It can't be on a chair, the person who manufactured it has to comply.
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... Content conforms, entities comply.
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ack me
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q?
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a huge +1 to Gregg
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... Regarding tolerances, you conform to provisions. Provisions is where you put tolerances.
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Q+
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... I think that the idea of tolerances is interesting to explore, but it wouldn't be in the definition.
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q+
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I've swapped the two on the page, but otherwise left the text contents alone
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q+ to say that the examples were notes taken in the last meeting
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(if you want to refresh the page)
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Janina: That's some place compliance is accustomed to put different requirements on entities with different resources.
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q- later
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JF: When you comply to section 508 you conform to WCAG, but there are other requirements.
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... I think it's important we continue to make the distinction.
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jeanne, you wanted to say that the examples were notes taken in the last meeting
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Jeanne: Those examples do not have to be part, we can change or delete them as you want.
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q+
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Shadi: Looking at dictionary definitions, it's a little ambiguous.
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... compliance is the act of obeying a rule.
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Gregg: Example is how to enforce the law, you arrest people. You can't issue a fine against a page.
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... The only way to enforce laws, you can never enforce a law against an object.
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Janina: Let me propose we have this proposal, and lets take it to Silver on Friday. We're not quite ready for AGWG.
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q+
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Jeanne: Tuesday agenda is already set.
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q+
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... I'll check with Shawn if we can get it on the agenda for Friday.
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Janina: We have two items, 450 response and the glossary definitions.
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Gregg: Current draft still has the old draft at the bottom. I suggest we delete it.
17:44:57 [PeterKorn]
+1 to delete; just left it while we were discussing
17:45:36 [Wilco]
Peter: Agreed. I would also drop the examples if we're asking Silver to look at it. We haven't had a chance to discuss them.
17:45:52 [Azlan]
+1
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Gregg: Agreed. It's not really an example, it's redundant.
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Order executed
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Don't call me Shirley!
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Jeanne: Confirmed, we're on the agenda tomorrow.
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zakim, take up next
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agendum 4 -- Deliverables Planning for 2022 https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Deliverables -- taken up [from janina]
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Gregg: This meeting is about conformance, so the issues here have to do with conforming, reporting conforming, deciding, correct?
17:50:23 [Wilco]
Janina: Yes. The kind of stuff from the challenges paper.
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Gregg: Then I would add tolerances in here, to see if we can sort out what the role of tolerance should be in conformance.
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... It seems we ought to think of that.
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q?
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... I think there are two types. Tolerance at the provisional level, and tolerance at the standard level.
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Peter: I don't know if that fits in with what I added at the bottom. All software has bugs, or whether the tolerances idea is distinct from that. They are certainly related.
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... I'd like to discuss that sooner than Q4 2022.
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Gregg: I think they are separate topics, both important.
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... We have to figure out how to make it without claiming accessibility issue is just a bug.
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... Maybe it has to do with remediation?
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?
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q?
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Janina: Another spin, people relying on third-party libraries which are no longer maintained.
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Gregg: Some cases there isn't an alternative.
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Janina: Some of the abandoned open source libraries, maybe get some of the open source groups fix a few issues.
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... Not permanent, problems that need to be fixed.
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q?
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Peter: I think how much of tolerance is within conformance, how much is a compliance question.
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... All software has bugs may have a compliance component when it comes to remediation timelines.
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... Another that comes to mind is where and how one might do public betas.
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q+ to talk about scheduling from chairs work
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... Part of what's being beta-tested
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q-
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https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/Substantial_Conformance/Example_Scenarios
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... What to do when there is a new UI interaction model with no known way to make it accessible.
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Jeanne: This schedule is part of the larger project. The chairs put a lot of work into looking at what can be done in parallel and what things have dependants.
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... I think we first do the work the chairs have asked us for.
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q+
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q?
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that plan here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yzR1H0SnNFRELGchb_BJr4Necsrj6xVjDF1n7Tc0kTc/edit#gid=0
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Wilco: We can ask the chairs if it could work, but would prefer to keep the order
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Janina: I see that as a given
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... It's a good point that this is from parallel processing.
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... You can see where things fit.
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Shadi: The thought here was not to add more deliverables. I think these are all issues I've heard in different discussions.
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... Happy to handle things as issues come in.
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Regrets, I need to drop.
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... I have difficulty understanding the larger plan of conformance. This was a suggestion to try and have the big picture.
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Janina: If we need chair assistance we can request it in January.
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zakim, end meeting
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As of this point the attendees have been janina, JF, PeterKorn, shadi, Azlan, ToddL, jeanne, GreggVan, Susi_Pallero
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RRSAgent, please draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2021/12/16-silver-conf-minutes.html Zakim
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I am happy to have been of service, Wilco; please remember to excuse RRSAgent. Goodbye
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