our web site.Comments please.

["Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>]

Malte pointed out that our website is under-populated.
I've commented to the TC and Oasis that it is also very weak accessibility wise.

In terms of content, I've come up with the following as an addition to
the existing content.


I'd like your comments and additions please before we post it to the website.
No comments and it will go up within a couple of days.

Suggested total content:

Statement of purpose

   1. To liaise with the disability community to gather accessibility
      related feedback on the OpenDocument v1.0 specification.

   2. To gather accessibility related feedback from implementors of
      accessible applications that implement OpenDocucument v1.0.

   3. To produce a formal accessibility evaluation of the OpenDocument
      v1.0 file format.

Deliverables

   1. A formal accessibility evaluation of the OpenDocument v1.0
      specification.

   2. A (possibly empty) list of accessibility information that is not
      defined in OpenDocument v1.0, and whose absence makes it
      impossible for applications to implement accessibility
      enhancements.

Scope of work

The subcommittee's work is to ensure that OpenDocument schema allows
to store the information that is required by applications aimed at
allowing people with disabilities to access properly the content of
OpenDocument documents.

Manner and schedule of work

The work of the subcommittee will be primarily through a mail list set
up by OASIS for subcommittee work. Access by the public will be
through an openly available mail list archive.

Conference calls will be scheduled on a regular basis as agreed by the
subcommittee after its formation.


	


Hello, and welcome to the accessibility subcommittee page. This
subcommittee meetings every Thursday, starting January 26, from 11-12
AM US Eastern time, via teleconference. Calling information is
posted to the mailing list prior to each meeting.

Why this sub-committee is needed.

Accessibility is generally accepted today; excluding people is not
wanted. Translating this desire into positive actions in complex
designs such as ODF is not easy. This sub-committee of volunteers from
many organisations share the goal of equality of access for all.


Initial deliverables.

The group delivered a review of the 1.1 version of ODF specification
to the main committee in November which resulted in a number of
changes to the specification. In addition a set of Guidelines for
implementors, and hints for users has been delivered. These guidelines
may be found at <this> url. This work was carried out in 2006.

Future work.

The sub-committee has a number of work items planned for the next
release of ODF. These are:

Background images. If there is text in a background image, W3C wants
it exposed. Often unclear if it is content or style. We need to
identify if the content of the image is a logo or text first.  Needs
addressing for 1.2

* Background images. Access to any information contained in images
   used as backgrounds.

* Navigation. The way in which people with disabilities can navigate
  round an individual slide in a presentation. Improving access to
  tabular data as is found in a spreadsheet.

* Multi-modalities. The provision of access in alternate
  modalities. For example, improving access to charts and graphs.

* Reviewing ODF support for a wider range of disabilities. We
  recognise that our expertise is limited in the full range of
  disabilities.

* More detailed support for spreadsheets. Easier access to header
  information, cell labels and formulea.

This list of work will be posted to the working groups website and
will be updated as new work items are discovered.


Currently our group represents about ten organisations plus
individuals. These range from registered charities to multi-national
organisations. We benefit from both.





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