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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Mar 19, 2015 8:00AM

> > In light of this, recommendations should focus on improving their processes for timely review and updates. For instance, perhaps annual review of incorporated standards could result in a quicker update process because it would

Yes, this is true -- now the task is to think about how we help organizations and governments reduce the amount of time it takes to adopt a standard. There were some ideas bounced around at CSUN that are just ideas. For example, what if accessibility standards had modules or extensions that wouldn't change the base rule. Perhaps these extensions or modules could be adopted with greater ease than having to get consensus on a voluntary standard and then have organizations/governments representatives review the new standard. This is somewhat similar to how WCAG has different levels A, AA, AAA but would help address changing technologies such as mobile, etc. I suppose there is always a concern that the lowest common denominator would be selected.

The challenge of potential new versions of standards is not only with WCAG but for the PDF and PDF/UA specifications too. User agent and authoring tool guidelines are also in the mix.

Jonathan

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SSB BART Group 
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