RE: [office-accessibility] Fw: ODF Accessibility SC Minutes - April 10

["Mike Paciello" <mpaciello@paciellogroup.com>]

I agree with Malte -- this is a perfect time for me, except the 21st. 

-Mike

Mike Paciello
Cell: +1.603.566.7713
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malte.Timmermann@Sun.COM [mailto:Malte.Timmermann@Sun.COM] 
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 4:34 AM
> To: Peter Korn
> Cc: mpaciello@paciellogroup.com; 'Richard Schwerdtfeger'; 
> office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org; 'Pete Brunet'
> Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Fw: ODF Accessibility SC 
> Minutes - April 10
> 
> That date/time would be perfect! :)
> 
> Probably I can't make it next Monday, but in general that 
> time would be much appreciated.
> 
> Malte.
> 
> Peter Korn wrote, On 18.04.08 01:04:
> > Hi Mike, all,
> > 
> > 8am PT / 11am ET on Mondays work for me.  Shall we look to have our 
> > next meeting on Monday April 21st?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Peter Korn
> > Accessibility Architect,
> > Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> > 
> >> Rich -
> >>  
> >> Monday's work for me.
> >>  
> >> Peter?
> >>  
> >> Mike Paciello
> >> Cell: +1.603.566.7713
> >>  
> >>
> >>     
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> >>     *From:* Richard Schwerdtfeger [mailto:schwer@us.ibm.com]
> >>     *Sent:* Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:51 PM
> >>     *To:* mpaciello@paciellogroup.com; Peter.korn@sun.com
> >>     *Cc:* office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org; Pete Brunet
> >>     *Subject:* RE: [office-accessibility] Fw: ODF Accessibility SC
> >>     Minutes - April 10
> >>
> >>     Mike,
> >>
> >>     The only time left for me then would be Monday's at 
> 10am Central
> >>     or 11am Eastern. The problem is synching with Japan 
> and PST unless
> >>     we went to an evening call which I am not that crazy about.
> >>
> >>     Peter, how does this work for you on Mondays?
> >>
> >>     Rich
> >>
> >>
> >>     Rich Schwerdtfeger
> >>     Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
> >>     Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board
> >>     blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/schwer
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> >>                             04/16/2008 10:30 AM
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> >>     Pete Brunet/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
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> >>     cc
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> >>     Subject
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> >>     RE: [office-accessibility] Fw: ODF Accessibility SC Minutes -
> >>     April 10
> >>
> >>     	
> >>
> >>
> >>     Thanks Pete.
> >>
> >>     BTW folks -- Both Thursday and Friday mornings are bad for me.
> >>     Again, I don't want to stand in the way of progress for the
> >>     committee. These happen to be two mornings during the 
> week when I
> >>     have standing meetings between 9:00 am - 12:30 pm EST. Before
> >>     and/or after, I can attend.
> >>
> >>     regards,
> >>
> >>     Mike
> >>
> >>     Mike Paciello
> >>     Cell: +1.603.566.7713
> >>
> >>
> >>     
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> >>     *From:* Pete Brunet [mailto:brunet@us.ibm.com] *
> >>     Sent:* Wednesday, April 16, 2008 11:14 AM*
> >>     To:* office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org*
> >>     Subject:* [office-accessibility] Fw: ODF Accessibility 
> SC Minutes
> >>     - April 10
> >>
> >>
> >>     Resending minutes with one edit: changed action item 
> 8f from Pete
> >>     to Janina (Janina was the original assignee for that action 
> >> item.)
> >>
> >>     1) Rollcall/Scribe - Attending: Rich, Peter K, Steve, 
> Malte, Pete
> >>     B - Regrets: Janina, Chieko Hiro - Scribe Pete B
> >>
> >>     2) Piror minutes approved
> >>
> >>     3) New meeting time - Mike P not present, Thursday bad 
> for him -
> >>     Let's try for 10 am on Fridays
> >>
> >>     4) Training guidelines - deferred until larger group on call
> >>
> >>     5) 1.2 spec work items
> >>     - Current schedule likely to move out about a month
> >>     a) How does ODF do language tagging of a range of text? Font
> >>     attributes? And how best to tag a string as "Grade 2 English
> >>     Braille", vs. "music Braille in German".
> >>     *** Action item Rich - investigate how ODF does 
> language tagging
> >>     for a range of text, e.g. how to handle language switching
> >>     b) Hiro - Write proposed modification to 8.1.1 to add 
> caption-id
> >>     for table, and 9.2.15.2 to include tables - <ref
> >>     name="common-draw-caption-id-attlist"/>
> >>     *** Rich will check with Hiro to see if he has 
> proposed language
> >>     c) Hiro to provide more information related to table 
> headers (from
> >>     
> >> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office-accessibility/ema
> >> il/archives/200711/msg00007.html)
> >>
> >>     *** Pending Hiro
> >>     d) Address David's concern that headings were made 
> available in an
> >>     easy to discern way. ... H2s followed by H1s etc. He 
> obtained that
> >>     structure from an additional file. Came back in an OOo 
> update, and
> >>     that information was no longer available. Was Dave relying on
> >>     optional attributes that are no longer there, or did 
> OOo break the
> >>     spec.?
> >>     *** Action item Peter K - check to see if this is a 
> bug in OpenOffice
> >>     e) Assign team members
> >>     *** wait for Hiro to attend
> >>
> >>     6) 1.1 Guidelines work items - Peter K sent in text 
> and is waiting
> >>     for response from TC
> >>     *** no response from TC yet
> >>
> >>     7) 1.2 Guidelines work items
> >>     a) Rich to find deadlines for ODF 1.2; also to verify 
> whether TC
> >>     would like to see our 1.2 guidelines doc delivered at same time
> >>     (in same "bundle") as 1.2 spec.
> >>     *** pending
> >>     b) Pete Brunet: Provide guidelines as to how to supply tracking
> >>     change information to ATs. Malte & Pete & others have 
> been looking
> >>     at how to expose document revision information in platform a11y
> >>     APIs, so they can be exposed via IAcc2 and ATK/AT-SPI. Are
> >>     converging on a specification.
> >>     *** MT we don't tell implementers how to use an a11y 
> API - PK we
> >>     could add a checklist showing implementers what they 
> need to expose
> >>     *** Action item Peter K - create text for this
> >>
> >>     8) Miscellaneous Action items
> >>     a) [unassigned] Can OOo be a good codebase for Marc to 
> start from
> >>     for the Icon (which is ARM based)
> >>     *** not an issue for this group, remove from action items
> >>     b) Pete B to set up a meeting at CSUN around the revision API
> >>     *** this didn't happen - but good progress has been 
> made on email
> >>     c) Should guidelines provide any direction on animations?
> >>     *** unassigned - missed covering this action item 
> during the meeting
> >>     d) Modify next version of accessibility guidelines to ensure
> >>     applications respond to system font and color settings.
> >>     *** Action item Peter K to develop text
> >>     e) Add wording to the next revision of the accessibility
> >>     guidelines to allow control of the animation rate of 
> images in a
> >>     presentation
> >>     *** Action item Rich S and Dave P
> >>     f) Modify accessibility guidelines to state how common field
> >>     attributes (section 6.7 of the ODF 1.2 spec.) should 
> be supplied
> >>     to the AT. The field attributes would indicate whether 
> something
> >>     were a boolean, gregorian date, etc.
> >>     *** Action item Janina
> >>     g) Create new wording for reload delay (section 3.13.2) which
> >>     would allow user agents to control the reload delay 
> and to state
> >>     the WCAG requirements for content refreshing to 
> prevent seizures.
> >>     We need wording to provide control over flashing Here are some
> >>     related links
> >>     
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/#general-thresholddef
> >>     
> >> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20060427/#seizure-d
> >> oes-not-violate
> >>
> >>     *** Rich to work with Janina
> >>     h) Pete Brunet: Provide guidelines as to how to supply tracking
> >>     change information to ATs.
> >>     *** A new interface is being developed in the Open A11y groups
> >>     i) Provide wording in the to address dynamic, 
> asynchronous updates
> >>     There are several topics in the specs related to "asynchronous
> >>     automatic update" of contents or values. Automatic 
> updates should
> >>     be carefully presented to assistive technologies through
> >>     accessibility APIs. Documents are becoming more dynamic- async
> >>     updates - some examples: linked tables, database ranges,
> >>     scripting, text sections, DDE connections.
> >>     *** Action item Hiro
> >>     *
> >>     Pete Brunet*
> >>
> >>     IBM Accessibility Architecture and Development
> >>     11501 Burnet Road, MS 9022E004, Austin, TX 78758
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> >>
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