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Announcements and Meetings
- Next meeting: Wednesday 4 January 2012
- For review:
Meeting Minutes
- Latest minutes: Wednesday 14 December 2011
- Minutes from previous meetings
See also: directions for scribing ERT meetings.
Teleconference Meetings
ERT WG meets weekly via teleconference on Wednesdays at 12:30 to 13:30 UTC. Please consult the World Clock Meeting Planner to find out the precise date for your own time zone.
Number for the teleconference bridge Zakim are:
- +1.617.761.6200 (main number)
- New: Zakim SIP-Gateway
The passcode is 3794 ("ERWG").
IRC Chat
We use IRC to accompany and support meetings where possible. Details are:
- IRC server: irc.w3.org
- Port: 6665
- Channel: #er
For help with IRC or to find a client, refer to the IRC Help Archive.
Face to Face Meetings
ERT WG is expected to have 1-2 face-to-face meetings per year.
Upcoming F2F Meeting
Potentially October 2011 in Europe.
Previous F2F Meetings
- 6-7 November, 2008 in Sankt Augustin, Germany
- 22 - 23 February, 2007 in Gijon, Spain
- 27 - 28 February, 2006 in Cannes, France (in conjunction with the W3C Technical Plenary 2005)
- 17 - 18 October 2005, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- 3 - 4 March 2005, Boston, MA, USA (in conjunction with the W3C Technical Plenary 2005)
Current Work
ERT WG is currently focusing on the following deliverables, see the ERT WG timeline for more details:
- Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Requirements
- Latest Public Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Requirements/
- Latest Editors Draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Requirements/
- Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema
- Latest Public Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Schema/
- Latest Editors Draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Schema/
- Issues List http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/issues
- Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Guide
- Latest Public Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Guide/
- Latest Editors Draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Guide/
- Issues List http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/guide-issues
- HTTP Vocabulary in RDF 1.0
- Latest Public Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/HTTP-in-RDF/
- Latest Editors Draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP-in-RDF/
- Issues List http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP/issues
- Representing Content in RDF 1.0
- Latest Public Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/Content-in-RDF/
- Latest Editors Draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Content-in-RDF/
- Issues List http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Content/issues
- Pointer Methods in RDF 1.0
- Latest Public Draft: http://www.w3.org/TR/Pointers-in-RDF/
- Latest Editors Draft: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers-in-RDF/
- Issues List http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers/issues
Task Forces
The following Task Forces are active under ERT WG:
- WCAG 2.0 Test Samples Development Task Force (TSD TF)
- WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force (Eval TF)
Publications
- A list of publication on EARL is available;
- List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools (jointy with EOWG);
- Test Samples Repository (jointly with WCAG WG);
- (obsolete) Accessibility and Evaluation and Repair Techniques (AERT)
About ERT WG
The Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) develops techniques to evaluate and repair Web content for accessibility. Currently, the primary focus of our work is to develop the Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) for documenting evaluation and repair information.
Chair and Contacts
- Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C/WAI - Chair and Team Contact (<shadi@w3.org>)
Charter
Mailing Lists
- Mailing list archives of the current mailing list
- Mailing list archives of the previous mailing list (outdated)