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Subject: Re: [office] Request for TC approval of our ODF AccessibilityGuidelines document as a "Committee Draft"
Rich, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote: > Michael, I called in at the appropriate time, or so I thought, and > nobody was on the call (10:30AM Central). Nobody was on. The TC call took place at 7am PDT. That's I believe 9am CDT. > > What is the status of the review? Based on the feedback we had received > I did not see anything warranting a change in this version but that we > might change the ODF 1.2 version to address AT support of the KDE > accessibility infrastructure. The TC has approved the guidelines as committee draft, but with the option that the SC editors still may remove references to company names in the glossary where they think that this is reasonable. The TC has further agreed on a resolution that the SC may deliver new accessibility guideline drafts to address comments it has received, or may receive in the future, and may ask for an approval of these drafts as committee draft at any time. Best regards Michael > > Rich > > > Rich Schwerdtfeger > Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist > Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board > blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/schwer > Inactive hide details for Michael Brauer <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>Michael > Brauer <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM> > > > *Michael Brauer <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>* > Sent by: Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM > > 10/12/2007 03:22 AM > > > > To > > Peter Korn <Peter.Korn@Sun.COM> > > cc > > OpenDocument Mailing List <office@lists.oasis-open.org>, > office-accessibility@lists.oasis-open.org > > Subject > > Re: [office] Request for TC approval of our ODF Accessibility Guidelines > document as a "Committee Draft" > > > > > Dear TC members, > > SC members: Thank you very much for the new draft. > > I have set the ballot on the agenda of TC meeting on Monday. Rich > Schwerdtfeger will join us for the topic. Since he is available only in > the 2nd half of the call, I will call the topic when, although I have > listed it as the first item. > > Best regards > > Michael > > Peter Korn wrote: > > Dear TC members, > > > > As the co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument accessibility subcommittee - > > and on behalf of that subcommittee - I would like to request your review > > of our version 1.0 candidate draft of our ODF Accessibility Guidelines, > > and your recognition and approval of it as a Committee Draft document. > > We feel our work is (long since) done, having incorporated those > > comments we received from TC members after the TC discussed our last > > draft - subcommittee draft #1 - in the July 23rd TC meeting. > > > > Please see: > > > http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-accessibility/200707/msg00037.html > > > > for the list of those comments and the creation of subcommittee draft #2. > > > > Since the subcommittee draft #2, we have made just a few changes to > > create the final draft candidate at: > > > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/25664/ODF_Accessibility_Guidelines_v1.0-candidate.odt > > > > > > The sole change we have made since the subcommittee draft #2 are: > > 1. Changes to the front pages to indicate the appropriate URIs for the > > document, an appropriate title for its status as a Committee Draft > > document, and the appropriate status of those members of the > > subcommittee who are listed as Individual members (and not affiliated > > with an organization for their OASIS membership) > > 2. Changes to the OASIS notice to use the current one > > 3. Glossary entry changes to: "Braille display" (removed the Wikipedia > > reference), "GTK+" (made the language a bit more formal), > > "Relationships" (added a period to the end of the sentence), > > "Synchronized media" (removed the URL reference), "Universal Access API" > > (properly referenced Apple as an Incorporated entity), and "XUL" > > (clarified that it is a markup language rather than a specification) > > 4. Updated the Appendix A Acknowledgments to recognize, as we did in the > > front matter, those contributers whose membership status is as > > "Individuals" vs. from a company/organization. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Peter Korn > > Accessibility Architect, > > Sun Microsystems, Inc. > > Co-chair of the OASIS OpenDocument Accessibility subcommittee > > > > > > > -- > Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering > StarOffice/OpenOffice.org > Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 > D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com > http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 > http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, > D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten > Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 > Geschaeftsfuehrer: Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering > > -- Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
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