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[actf-dev] Re: Fwd: ACTF Meeting at CSUN 2008: Friday, March 14

Yeliz:
I'm copying the entire ACTF dev list to encourage everyone to use it. We are evaluated as an eclipse project, in part, based on our user/commiter interest as partially expressed in the email archives. Also, this is a good way to share common questions and answers with the entire ACTF community.

As to your questions...
1. The IBM Rule-based Accessibility Validation Environment (RAVEN) is no longer supported as its functionality will be included in the ACTF validation components. You are right in that Webelo, the web validation componentry, is not yet a part of ACTF; this commit will start in 2Q. The Java Validation Componentry (Javaco) will be available very soon, most likely by week's end. It is, once again, the IBM accessibility checklists that are included in the validation documents. We are working on documentation for authors who wish to write their own validation documents.

2. You can, of course, write your own validation document and, in many cases, you will be required to write some jython in order to do any type of sophisticated validation beyond what's supported in the markup. The new release of this code supports _javascript_ rather than jython and also a way to implement your own rules in Java. The API has changed significantly and continues to evolve. I cannot provide full support for authoring a validation document for RAVEN, but I can answer specific questions as to how to implement rules.

--> Mike Squillace
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
Austin, TX

W:512.823.7423
M:512.970.0066

masquill@xxxxxxxxxx
www.ibm.com/able


Yeliz Yesilada <yesilady@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

03/19/2008 09:59 AM

To
Michael A Squillace/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
cc
Simon HARPER <simon.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tianyi CHEN <chent@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject
Fwd: ACTF Meeting at CSUN 2008: Friday, March 14





Hi Michael,

I am contacting you from University of Manchester. In our project, we  
would like to mainly use webelo component. We have downloaded RAVEN  
and have been using it for a while. We have a number of questions  
though:

As far as we can see with the latest version of RAVEN (Web  
application validation part), you can only validate pages against IBM  
accessibility checklist which is encoded in the validation document  
"mozweb_accessibility.xml". In our project we are interested in  
validating pages against a set of guidelines which will be a kind of  
sub-set of WCAG so it seems like we need to create our own rulebase.  
However, by looking at the documentation of RAVEN, it seems like we  
need to write scripts to do the validation? Is that right? or is  
there an alternative/easier way of adding new rules/rulebases? What  
would be the best way to encode our rules? Would it be better to  
download the source code from actf project (but it seems like Webelo  
component is not available) and start from there? or would it be  
enough just to add our rulebase?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Yeliz
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School of Computer Science
The University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL

URL: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~yesilady/
Tel:  +44 (0) 161 275 6239
Fax: +44 (0) 845 139 5599
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On 17 Mar 2008, at 08:42, Simon HARPER wrote:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Michael A Squillace <masquill@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 14 March 2008 19:15:18 GMT
>> To: Simon HARPER <Simon.Harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: ACTF Meeting at CSUN 2008: Friday, March 14
>>
>> Simon:
>> I am the validation tech lead and can help with any questions you
>> might
>> have. Pls feel free to ask on this list or get hold of me directly.
>> BTW,
>> teh official name is no longer RAVEN but javaco for Java Validation
>> Componentry and webelo for Web Validation Componentry. Javaco wil
>> appear on
>> eclipse within the next few days and webelo components will start
>> showing
>> up in 2Q.
>>
>> --> Mike Squillace
>> IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
>> Austin, TX
>>
>> W:512.823.7423
>> M:512.970.0066
>>
>> masquill@xxxxxxxxxx
>> www.ibm.com/able
>>
>>
>>
>>              Simon HARPER
>>              <Simon.Harper@man
>>
>> chester.ac.uk>                                             To
>>                                        Kentarou Fukuda
>>              03/14/2008 11:28          <KENTAROU@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> AM                                                         cc
>>                                        <mpaciello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>                                        Chieko Asakawa
>> <CHIE@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>>                                        Daisuke Sato
>> <dsato@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>>                                        david.bolter@xxxxxxxxxxx, Ann
>>                                        Ford/Austin/Contr/IBM@IBMUS,
>>                                        Hironobu Takagi
>>                                        <takagih@xxxxxxxxxx>, Hisashi
>>                                        Miyashita <himi@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>>                                        jbigham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Michael
>>                                        A Squillace/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
>>                                        ram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>                                        rscano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>                                        sfaulkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>                                        simon.bates@xxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Takashi 2
>>                                        Itoh <JL03313@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Kavitha
>>                                        Teegala/Austin/Contr/
>> IBM@IBMUS,
>>                                        ueki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, William S
>>                                        Carter/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
>>                                        yesilady@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>                                        Zeljko.Obrenovic@xxxxxx
>>
>> Subject
>>                                        Re: ACTF Meeting at CSUN 2008:
>>                                        Friday, March 14
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Guys, sorry about the phone connection; we've a number of
>> questions regarding Raven etc. so it was unfortunate. Anyhow I hope
>> you all have a safe trip home and hope to see you at the next one.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Si.
>>
>> ====
>> Simon Harper
>> University of Manchester (UK)
>>
>> Human Centred Web Lab: http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk
>> My Site: http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/people/harper/
>> My Diary (iCal): http://hcw.cs.manchester.ac.uk/diaries/
>> SimonHarper.ics
>>
>>
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>> On 14 Mar 2008, at 07:54, Kentarou Fukuda wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Attached please find the phone number list which includes access
>>> points
>>> for the conference call from several countries.
>>> The meeting will start at 11:00 AM PDT.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> passcode:             7503333
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> ---
>>> Kentarou Fukuda, Ph.D.
>>> Tokyo Research Laboratory, IBM Japan
>>> Tel: +81-46-215-4659
>>> E-mail: kentarou@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "Mike Paciello" <mpaciello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 2008/03/11
>>> 04:58:56:
>>>
>>>> Hello Fellow ACTF members -
>>>>
>>>> The ACTF organizational meeting will be held in the TPG Suite at  
>>>> the
>>>> Marriott in Room 1718. The meeting will start at 11:00 AM and
>>>> conclude
>>> at
>>>> 12:00.
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to contact me by cell phone or email if you have
>>>> any
>>>> questions.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> Mike Paciello
>>>> Cell: +1.603.566.7713
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Mike Paciello [mailto:mpaciello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:18 AM
>>>>> To: 'sfaulkner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'Zeljko.Obrenovic@xxxxxx';
>>>>> 'rscano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'ram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'Simon.Harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'ueki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'jbigham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'david.bolter@xxxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'simon.bates@xxxxxxxxxxx'; 'yesilady@xxxxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'kentarou@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'masquill@xxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'takagih@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'himi@xxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'JL03313@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'wscarter@xxxxxxxxxx';
>>>>> 'dsato@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'fordann@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'teegala@xxxxxxxxxx'
>>>>> Cc: 'Chieko Asakawa'; 'mpaciello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>>>>> Subject: ACTF Meeting at CSUN 2008: Friday, March 14
>>>>> Importance: High
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Friends & Colleagues:
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the formal approval of the ACTF project by the Eclipse
>>>>> Foundation, Chieko, Kentarou and I have been formalizing all
>>>>> the ACTF paperwork with the Eclipse Foundation, including the
>>>>> approval process for individual committers. The process has
>>>>> taken us much longer than expected but we are happy to
>>>>> announce that everything will be complete by the time the
>>>>> CSUN 2008 conference begins.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chieko and I would like to invite you to a special meeting of
>>>>> the ACTF membership immediately following our presentation
>>>>> the conference. The ACTF session presentation schedule is as
>>>>> follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> Session ID: WWW-3004
>>>>> Session Theme: The Accessibility Tools Framework (ACTF)
>>>>> Initiative Friday, March 14, 2008 - 9:20 - 10:20 AM Marriott
>>>>> - Meridian One
>>>>>
>>>>> We are currently working on the location of this meeting. At
>>>>> the moment, we would like to get an idea of how many of you
>>>>> would be able to attend a one hour organizational meeting?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards and thank you,
>>>>>
>>>>> Chieko Asakawa, ACTF Co-Lead
>>>>> Mike Paciello, ACTF Co-Lead
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <PhoneNumberList.txt>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

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