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WAI Coordination Group Charter (WAI
CG)
This charter is written in accordance with Section
6.3.3
of the 5 February 2004 W3C
Process Document.
- Mission
- Scope
- Duration
- Deliverables
- Milestones
- Dependencies
- Confidentiality
- Meetings
- Communication
- Voting
- Patent Disclosures
- Participation
The mission of the WAI Coordination Group (WAI CG) is to coordinate
among all WAI groups, and between WAI groups and other W3C groups as
needed.
This mission facilitates the work of all Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
groups within the WAI
Technical Activity and the WAI International Program
Office Activity. The WAI CG is part of the WAI International
Program Office.
The WAI CG was originally
chartered
in August, 1998, and re-chartered
in
September, 2000. It is renewing its charter in order to continue
coordination
of WAI groups.
The scope of WAI CG work includes:
- creation and termination of WAI groups
- coordination of cross-WAI initiative, e.g. WAI XTech discussions,
and
glossary development
- management of interactions and technical dependencies among
various WAI groups, and occasionally convening coordination meetings
between two or more WAI groups to assist with resolution of a specific
technical dependency
- management of interactions between WAI groups
and other W3C activities, and between WAI groups and organizations
outside
of W3C
- assisting with WAI group logistics as needed including
face-to-face
meetings
- coordination of deliverables schedules and production
expectations for group deliverables (specifications, hard-copy
distribution, announcements etc)
- assisting with resolution of group process issues, including
escalation of technical and/or process issues, and raising process
questions
- assisting on identifcation of issues & messages to escalate
to the WAI Interest Group for broader WAI review.
The WAI CG coordinates these issues for the following WAI groups,
and for any other groups that may be created in the WAI domain:
- Protocols & Formats Review Working Group (PFWG)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG)
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (UAWG)
- Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (AUWG)
- Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group (ERT
WG)
- Education & Outreach Working Group (EOWG)
- Research & Development Interest Group (RDIG)
- WAI Interest Group (WAI IG)
WAI CG work may at times be conducted in one or more task forces (e.g.
Glossary
Task Force) according to W3C Process. Any WAI CG task force must have a
statement
of work that is approved by the WAI CG.
3. Duration
The WAI CG is scheduled for three years, from 1 January 2005 through 31
December 2007, the proposed duration of the two WAI Activities which it
coordinates.
WAI CG deliverables include:
- Minutes of meetings -- available on WAI CG mailing list
- Planned timeline for WAI
Deliverables
- Planned schedule for WAI face-to-face
meetings
- Tracking of WAI external liaisons
5. Milestones
Deliverables are maintained on an on-going basis, are there are no
Recommendation-track deliverables and thus no milestones for the WAI CG.
Other WAI groups are expected to get approval from the WAI CG
before making
a decision that could affect another WAI group. The WAI CG should
therefore
try to answer promptly to any request that might block the advance of
deliverables
in another WAI group.
The WAI CG has a dependency with the (Member
confidential) Hypertext
Coordination Group (HTCG) in ensuring effective management of
dependencies between
any WAI group and groups included under the HTCG.
If a Horizontal Activities Coordination Group (HACG) is developed with
a focus on topics relating to horizontal coordination of W3C work, such
as guidelines development, coordinated glossaries, horizontal review of
W3C
specifications, or education and outreach work, the WAI CG would have a
dependency
with that CG.
8. Meetings
- Teleconferences every other week
- Occasional face-to-face meetings as needed
9.1 Communication within the group
9.2 Communication with W3C
- coordination with W3C Working Groups is through the Chairs
list and/or WAI staff contacts
9.3 Communication with the public
This charter is written in accordance with Section
3.4 "Votes" of the 5 February 2004 Process Document and includes no
voting procedures beyond what the Process
Document
requires.
11. Patent Disclosures
The WAI CG provides an opportunity to share perspectives on Web
accessibility. W3C reminds WAI CG participants of their obligation to
comply with patent disclosure obligations as set out in Section
6 of the 5 February
2004 W3C Patent Policy. While the WAI CG does not produce
Recommendation-track documents, when WAI CG participants review
Recommendation-track specifications from Working Groups, the patent
disclosure obligations do apply.
12.1 W3C Member and invited expert participation
Participation includes Chairs and Co-chairs of WAI groups
(required); Team Contacts for WAI groups; and up to two invited experts
as at-large representatives
appointed from
the WAI Interest Group.
WAI CG participants are expected to attend bi-weekly meetings or
send regrets; to send an update on their group before each WAI CG call;
and to remain current on reading the WAI CG mailing list. For critical
issues affecting their groups, if neither the Chair or Co-chair (if
there is one) is able to attend, the Chair of a group may designate the
team contact to attend that
meeting.
The current list
of participants is on the
Coordination Group home page.
12.2 W3C Team resources
- 10% Judy Brewer -- Chair and Team Contact
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Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
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