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Web and Software: Project Plan

Contents

Second Subcommittee Submission - Due April 16, 2007

API requirements proposal

  • Draft proposal: April 2, 2007, updated April 9th, and April 11th.
  • Teleconference discussion completed: April 18, 2007 (?)

Content encoding scheme proposal

  • Draft proposal: February 8, 2007, updated March 27, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion completed: April 11, 2007

Third Subcommittee Submission - Due June 30, 2007

Keyboard provision proposal

  • Lead: Gregg Vanderheiden
  • Draft proposal to subcommittee: May 9, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: May 9, 2007
  • Status: Complete

Other feedback from May TEITAC meeting

  • Lead: Andi Snow-Weaver
  • Draft proposal: June 1, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: June 6, 2007
  • Status: Closed

Education software timing issues raised on mailing list

  • Lead: Andi Snow-Weaver
  • Draft proposal: No change proposed
  • Teleconference discussion: June 27, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: Complete

Fourth Subcommittee Submission - Due August 17, 2007

Consider WCAG 2.0 updated wording

  • Lead: Drew LaHart
  • Draft proposal: June 8, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: June 13, 2007
  • Status: Closed.

Cognitive proposals

  • Lead: Andi Snow-Weaver
  • Draft proposal:
  • Teleconference discussion: August 1, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: Closed. 3 recommendations submitted in draft 4.

Reorganization of Web, Software, Content, Platform, Authoring Tools

  • Lead: Andi Snow-Weaver
  • Teleconference discussion: August 1, 2007 and August 14, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: Closed

Editorial Suggestions for re-wording

  • Lead: Michele Budris
  • Teleconference discussion: August 15, 2007
  • Status: Closed

Final Subcommittee Submission - October 19, 2007

Definitions

  • Lead: Sean Hayes and Andi Snow-Weaver
  • Draft proposal: ongoing
  • Teleconference discussion: July 11, 2007, August 1, 2007, and August 14, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: Closed on all definitions except:

Authoring tool proposals

  • Lead: Judy Brewer et al
  • Draft proposal: June 6, 2007, updated June 12, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: June 13, 20, and 27, July 25, 2007, August 8, 2007 and August 14, 2007
  • Status: Concern with definition and provisions on "Prompts" and "Evaluation support"

Content format proposal validation with some content formats

  • HTML 4 & 5: Jim Allan - complete - HTML 4 ok, HTML 5 still in flex
  • PDF: Andrew Kirkpatrick
  • ODF: Peter Korn - complete - ok
  • ooXML: Sean Hayes - complete - ok
  • Flash/SWF: Andrew Kirkpatrick
  • WMV: Sean Hayes - think this is going to be ok
  • SVG: Judy Brewer
  • XForms: Judy Brewer

Second Life Discussion

  • Lead: Kate Walser with help from Judy Brewer and Allen Hoffman
  • Teleconference discussion: August 8, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: sub-team formed to discuss issues and possible solutions and bring forward proposal for additional provisions if appropriate.

Big picture discussion on software on non-PC types of platforms

  • Lead: Andi Snow-Weaver, invite Telecommunications, Closed, and A/V subcommittees to join
  • Teleconference discussion:
  • Status: Could be rolled into economic assessment discussion

Economic assessment - qualitative approach

  • Lead: Andi Snow-Weaver
  • Draft proposal: October 10, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: October 10 and 17, 2007
  • Status: In process

AT Interoperability Issues

Issues around platforms

  • Lead: Peter Korn and Allen Hoffman
  • Draft proposal: May 31, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: June 6, 20, and 27, 2007
  • Status: Closed.

Remote Systems Access

  • Lead: Allen Hoffman
  • Draft proposal: June 20, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: September 12, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: Closed. Will add a note to 3-U AT Interoperability provision.

Consider additional WCAG 2.0 provisions

  • Lead: Drew LaHart
  • Draft proposal: June 23, 2007
  • Teleconference discussion: July 11 and 25, 2007, August 22, 2007 (planned)
  • Status: Closed

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