Hello
I am not a member of the dis-forum list, but I was told that list
members may be interested in the following message.
Let me first give some background. My name's Brian Kelly and I'm
the "UK Web Focus" at UKOLN, University of Bath. I am a national
World Wide Web coordinator for the UK HE community. One of my
responsibilities is representing JISC (Join Information Systems
Committee) on W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium - the body coordinating
Web developments).
W3C have announced a proposal for work on access to the Web for people
with disabilities. W3C representatives (such as myself) will vote on
whether W3C should take on such work, and can also give feedback on the
proposal.
In addition I have a role to play in finding people and groups who may
be interested in becoming involved in W3C working groups.
The proposal is available on the Web at the URL listed in the message.
As I said I'm not on the nis-forum list, so I don't know to what
extent list members are interested in Web developments. If anyone has
any comments on my message, feel free to get in touch with me. If a
discussion develops on this list, perhaps somebody (the list owner) could
tell me and I'll read the archives.
Thanks
Brian Kelly
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Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus
UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, England, BA2 7AY
Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
Phone: 01225 323943 FAX: 01225 826838
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:45:25 +0000 (GMT)
From: Brian Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Briefing Package For Project "Web Accessibility Initiative"
W3C have produced a briefing package for a proposed project on "Web
Accessibility Initiative" (WAI). The briefing is available at the URL:
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Disabilities/access-brief
New work items carried out by W3C must be accompanied by a briefing
statement. W3C members can then comment on the proposals, and vote on
whether W3C should carry out the proposals.
I am the JISC representative on W3C. I intend to agree to this proposal.
If anyone feels that the proposal should not be accepted, please let me
know, or reply to this list if you would like to initiate a discussion.
Please do not reply to me or this list to simply say access to people with
disabilities is a good idea. We'll take that as read.
If the proposal is accepted several working groups will be set up.
Let me know if you would be interested in joining a working group. Note
however that the working groups are for active participants "members must
commit to participation in a one-hour conference call every other week
(for each Working group). They must also agree to produce deliverables
..."
The proposal also mentions Guidelines for Software Developers,
Guidelines for use of the technology and Education of content creators.
There may be work that could / should be done within the UK HE community.
I'm thinking of:
o Education of software developers of Web related software with UK HE
(eLib, TLTP initiative, etc).
o Workshop for information providers
Comments, suggestions, criticisms welcome.
Feel free to forward this message to others who have interests in this
area.
Thanks
Brian
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Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus
UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, England, BA2 7AY
Email: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
Phone: 01225 323943 FAX: 01225 826838
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