Andy Smith (IBM/Open Social) and I will be giving an abreviated version of our E2 session to create awareness of the workshop
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Open LInked Education Data Charter
Hi folks! Hope you’re enjoying the summer. The Open Linked Education Data Charter has been uploaded on the Wiki: http://www.w3.org/community/opened/wiki/Main_Page We’re hoping to have something to show the group by the end of this month. We’ll also be reaching out to … Continue reading
Accessibility meet-up July 2013 in Bangalore
Thanks to the National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch for providing space and logistics to organize an Accessibility meet up on 29th July, 2013. Objective of such meet ups is that to bring together accessibility enthusiasts once in a … Continue reading
Animal Observations and Measurements
We’ve uploaded a new document that discusses and provides a data dictionary for observations and measurements about animals, herds, and groups of animals. You can download this from www.rezare.co.nz/Media/Default/data-standards/DINDS-Animal-Observation-Discussion-2013-07-15.pdf We are currently running workshops in Hamilton, Wellington, and Christchurch New Zealand. … Continue reading
Call for Participation in Accessible SVG Community Group
The Accessible SVG Community Group has been launched: Scalable Vector Graphics offers both opportunities and challenges for accessibility. This group will explore the different conditions and circumstances for SVG use, propose clear use cases and requirements and specification text, and … Continue reading
small fedsocweb meetup at OHM2013
There will be a small spontaneous fedsocweb meetup at OHM2013, on the Friday afternoon. We will work out the exact location once we’re there, and announce it on the mailing list. So if you’re going to be at OHM, then … Continue reading
Directionality in text fields
I did a project on numeracy for my IT degree in 2010. There are two directionality attributes for text fields in HTML, left to right (ltr) and right to left (rtl). Mathematical sums are processed from right to left. It … Continue reading
Proposed Group: Accessible SVG Community Group
The Accessible SVG Community Group has been proposed by Doug Schepers: Scalable Vector Graphics offers both opportunities and challenges for accessibility. This group will explore the different conditions and circumstances for SVG use, propose clear use cases and requirements and … Continue reading
Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web ICT
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG WG) today published a completed Working Draft of Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT). After the comments from this review period are addressed, WAI expects to … Continue reading
Updated Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group today requests review of draft updates to Notes that accompany WCAG 2.0: Techniques for WCAG 2.0 (Editors’ Draft) and Understanding WCAG 2.0 (Editors’ Draft). Comments are welcome through 15 August 2013. (This is … Continue reading