Just one suggestion to add to Peter's note ... let's use a predictable (and
publicly accessible) URI for the document, since Kavi will continually generate
new IDs with each upload ...
docs.oasis-open.org/office/office-accessibility/(accessibiliy-related docs
produced by the SC/TC)
I can go ahead and create that directory now if you'd like ... you can check out
docs.oasis-open.org/office/ to see what's currently there, or go to
docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/ to see how it could be set up with an index page.
Mary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:24 PM
> To: Michael Brauer
> Cc: ; ;
>
> Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Re: [office] OpenDocument
> v1.1 Committee Draft 1
>
> Hi Michael, all,
>
> In our SC meeting (just concluded), we unanimously agreed
> that we do not want to delay the ODF 1.1 process, and do not
> think we can have the text for everything we want to have for
> a set of Accessibility Guidelines ready in time to keep the
> process on schedule. We furthermore do like the text in the
> existing Appendix E - most especially E1 and E3, which we
> think are very important.
>
> What we would like to is make a slight modification to the
> existing Appendix E, to add a note saying essentially:
> "Please see the additional, detailed Accessibility Guidelines
> at
> http://oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/guidelines.
> That more comprehensive document will be the up-to-date set
> of recommendations for what all ODF applications should to in
> order to fully support accessibility."
>
> We would then put onto that page a link to the Accessibility
> Guidelines document we are now working on.
>
>
> If I'm not mistaken, there has also been discussion within the TC of
> other Guidelines documents. We might perhaps have a page at
> a URL like
> the one suggested above which contains a suite of guidelines.
>
>
> I plan to join the TC call next week Monday, to be available
> to discuss
> this further.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
> > Mary, Peter, all,
> >
> > first of all: independent of what the A11y SC or the TC
> considers to
> > be the best solution, we need a decission very soon. Our current
> > schedule for OpenDocument 1.1 is set up in a way that we
> may have an
> > OASIS Standard voting in November provided of cause that the public
> > review is sucessfull. If we want to keep this option, then
> the public
> > review must start on the 2nd of August latest, allthough
> this already
> > would lead to an extremly tight schedule.
> >
> > Maybe the A11y SC can discuss and agree on one of the
> options today,
> > so that the TC can take the appropriate actions in its TC
> meeting on
> > Monday.
> >
> > Regarding the appendix and the options itself:
> >
> > The current Appendix E includes exactly those accessibility
> guidelines
> > that were already included in the proposals contained in the
> > accessibility report. More precisely, for some of the extensions
> > suggested by the a11y report, the text proposals that are
> contained in
> > the report were splitted: The text that describes the
> semantic of new
> > elements and attributes was added to the normative part of the
> > specification, while guidelines regarding their
> implementation and use
> > were move to the appendix.
> >
> > We now have (at least) the following options:
> >
> > a) We keep ODF 1.1 as it is, and the SC works on a
> companion document
> > that the TC approves independently.
> > b) We replace the content of Appendix E with a reference to
> the TC or
> > SC web pages (since the companion document is not existing so far,
> > referencing it seems not be an option to me).
> > c) We delay ODF 1.1 and replace Appendix E with the accessibility
> > guidelines that are a work in progress in the A11y SC. This delay
> > could be compensated by setting an OASIS standard vote for
> > OpenDocument 1.1 aside for this year, which saves about one
> and a half
> > months. Since accessibility is the main reason for
> OpenDocument v1.1,
> > it would be interesting to know the A11y SC's opinion on this.
> >
> > Whatever the SC thinks is the best solution works for me, and I
> > believe for the TC as well.
> >
> > I personally prefer option a) if the Accessibility SC would like to
> > have at least those recommendation included in the
> specification that
> > were contained in the A11y report, and option b), if this
> is not the
> > case.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > Mary McRae wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I personally like Peter's suggestion that the accessibility
> >> guidelines be
> >> treated as a separate document that Appendix E would reference;
> >> particularly
> >> since it's non-normative. One concern with the current
> approach would
> >> be that
> >> unless additional public reviews are intended prior to
> voting v1.1 as a
> >> Committee Specification and optionally submitting for
> OASIS Standard
> >> vote, no
> >> new material can be added, meaning that the additional work under
> >> development
> >> would have to wait for the next release of the main specification.
> >> I'm only
> >> jumping in here because I have already received a request from
> >> Michael to
> >> announce the public review; if you want to change the document to
> >> accomodate
> >> this suggestion now would be time ... Michael can withdraw his
> >> request, Appendix
> >> E can be modified, and then we can go forward with the
> 60-day review.
> >>
> >> Please note that this is just my personal opinion and
> should not be
> >> construed
> >> to carry any more weight because of my position as TC
> Administrator
> >> and/or Staff
> >> Contact.
> >>
> >> Mary
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [mailto:] Sent:
> >>> Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:49 PM
> >>> To: Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
> >>> Cc:
> >>> Subject: Re: [office] OpenDocument v1.1 Committee Draft 1
> >>>
> >>> Hi Michael & TC members,
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for the update & this draft that includes work
> to address
> >>> the accessibility issues our audit turned up.
> >>> The accessibility SC has been looking at an "accessibility
> >>> implementation guide" - to note issues that we would like ODF
> >>> application implementors to be aware of and to make
> provisions for.
> >>> The three topics in Appendix E of the ODF v1.1 committee
> draft spec.
> >>> are great; it's just that we have quite a bit more than this that
> >>> we'd like to see included (but whose text isn't writen yet).
> >>>
> >>> Can you give us any advise on how to proceed? Should we
> attempt to
> >>> rapidly finish this work so as to have it in Appendix E
> of the ODF
> >>> v1.1 spec.? Or should we work on a companion document
> instead (that
> >>> Appendix E might simply reference)?
> >>>
> >>> You can view our outline for this appendix at:
> >>> http://oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office-accessibility/
> >>
> >> download.php/19199/Draft_a11y_appendix_ODF_1.1_13July06.odt
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Peter Korn
> >>> Accessibility Architect,
> >>> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Dear TC members,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have just uploaded OpenDocument v1.1 Committee Draft 1 in the
> >>>> following
> >>>> formats:
> >>>>
> >>>> OpenDocument:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19207/OpenDocument-v
> >>>
> >>>> 1.1-cd1.odt
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> (tagged) PDF:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19206/OpenDocument-v
> >>>
> >>>> 1.1-cd1.pdf
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> HTML (zipped):
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19208/OpenDocument-v
> >>>
> >>>> 1.1-cd1_html.zip
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I have further extracted the schemas from the committee
> draft, they
> >>>> are available at:
> >>>>
> >>>> Schema:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19205/OpenDocument-s
> >>>
> >>>> chema-v1.1-cd1.rng
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Strict Schema:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19204/OpenDocument-s
> >>>
> >>>> trict-schema-v1.1-cd1.rng
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Manifest Schema:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/19203/OpenDocument-m
> >>>
> >>>> anifest-schema-v1.1-cd1.rng
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
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