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RE: [actf-dev] Re: Validation Rules in Java
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BTW --
A quick congratulations to the team on the release of Javaco! I downloaded
it yesterday and am favorably impressed. Thanks Mike!
Mike Paciello
Cell: +1.603.566.7713
> -----Original Message-----
> From: actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:actf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael A Squillace
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:18 PM
> To: actf-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [actf-dev] Re: Validation Rules in Java
>
> Yeliz:
> Sorry to take such a long time to get back to you. I was on
> vacation and my team has been swamped with other requirements.
> As I said, the rules are currently written in XML validation
> documents, not in Java and so there are no current examples
> of this sort of rule implementation. However, the API is
> well-documented and we've taken alot of time on the javadoc
> so I would begin there. The first release of Javaco is
> available from the downloads section of ACTF project page.
>
> --> Mike Squillace
> IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center Austin, TX
>
> W:512.823.7423
> M:512.970.0066
>
> masquill@xxxxxxxxxx
> www.ibm.com/able
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> Yeliz Yesilada
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> <yesilady@xxxxxx.
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> ac.uk>
> To
> actf-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> 04/01/2008 06:30
> cc
> AM Michael A
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> Squillace/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
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> Subject
> Validation Rules in
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> Would it be possible to get the source code where we can
> write our own validation rules in Java? Your guidance also on
> how to write these rules is very much appreciated.
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> Regards,
> Yeliz.
> On 24 Mar 2008, at 16:03, Michael A Squillace wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > 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
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> +----------------------[ NEW &
> > >> INTERESTING ]---------------------------+
> > >> Web4All Conference . 21-22 Apr 2008 . http://
> > www.w4a.info
> > >> WWW2008 . 21-25 Apr 2008 . http://
> > >> www.www2008.org
> > >>
> >
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> -
> > >> -+
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 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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