OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Request for TC approval of our ODF Accessibility Guidelines documentas a "Committee Draft"

  • 1.  Request for TC approval of our ODF Accessibility Guidelines documentas a "Committee Draft"

    Posted 10-11-2007 21:07
    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