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  <h1><a name="startcontent" id="startcontent" shape="rect">Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG)</a></h1>
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    <h2>Page Contents</h2>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#announcem" shape="rect">Announcements and Meetings</a></li>
      <li><a href="#deliv" shape="rect">Current Work</a></li>
      <li><a href="#pubs" shape="rect">Publications</a></li>
      <li><a href="#intro" shape="rect">About ERT WG</a></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2><a name="announcem" id="announcem" shape="rect">Announcements and Meetings</a></h2>
  <ul>
    <li><strong>Next meeting:</strong> Wednesday 4 January 2012</li>
    <li><strong>For review:</strong>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-EARL10-Schema-20110510/" shape="rect">EARL 1.0 Schema, Last Call Working Draft 10 May 2011</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-EARL10-Guide-20110510/" shape="rect">Developer Guide for EARL 1.0, Working Draft 10 May 2011</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-HTTP-in-RDF10-20110510/" shape="rect">HTTP Vocabulary in RDF 1.0, Working Draft 10 May 2011</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-Content-in-RDF10-20110510/" shape="rect">Representing Content in RDF 1.0, Working Draft 10 May 2011</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-Pointers-in-RDF10-20110510/" shape="rect">Pointer Methods in RDF 1.0, Working Draft 10 May 2011</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ul>

  <h3><a name="minutes" id="minutes" shape="rect">Meeting Minutes</a></h3>
  <ul>
    <li><strong>Latest minutes:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/2011/12/14-er-minutes.html" shape="rect">Wednesday 14 December 2011</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/minutes" shape="rect">Minutes from previous meetings</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>See also: directions for <a href="scribes" shape="rect">scribing ERT meetings</a>.</p>

  <h3><a name="telecons" id="telecons" shape="rect">Teleconference Meetings</a></h3>
  <p>ERT WG meets weekly via teleconference on <strong>Wednesdays at 12:30 to 13:30 UTC</strong>. Please consult the <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html" shape="rect">World Clock Meeting Planner</a> to find out the precise date for your own time zone.</p>
  <p>Number for the teleconference bridge <em>Zakim</em> are:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>+1.617.761.6200 (main number)</li>
    <li><strong>New:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/Zakim-SIP" shape="rect">Zakim <acronym title="Session Initiation Protocol">SIP</acronym>-Gateway</a></li>
  </ul>
  <p>The passcode is 3794 ("ERWG").</p>

  <h3><a name="irc" id="irc" shape="rect"><acronym title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</acronym> Chat</a></h3>
  <p>We use IRC to accompany and support meetings where possible. Details are:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>IRC server: irc.w3.org</li>
    <li>Port: 6665</li>
    <li>Channel: #er</li>
  </ul>
  <p>For help with IRC or to find a client, refer to <a href="http://www.irchelp.org" shape="rect">the IRC Help Archive</a>.</p>

  <h3><a name="meetings" id="meetings" shape="rect">Face to Face Meetings</a></h3>
  <p>ERT WG is expected to have 1-2 face-to-face meetings per year.</p>

  <h4>Upcoming F2F Meeting</h4>
  <p>Potentially October 2011 in Europe.</p>

  <h4>Previous F2F Meetings</h4>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2008/11/f2f-agenda" shape="rect">6-7 November, 2008 in <span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Sankt Augustin</span>, Germany</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2007/02/f2f-agenda" shape="rect">22 - 23 February, 2007 in Gijon, Spain</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2006/02/f2f-agenda" shape="rect">27 - 28 February, 2006 in Cannes, France</a> (in conjunction with the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/12/allgroupoverview" shape="rect"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> Technical Plenary 2005</a>)</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2005/10/f2f-agenda" shape="rect">17 - 18 October 2005, <span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Sankt Augustin</span>, Germany</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2005/03/f2f-bos" shape="rect">3 - 4 March 2005, Boston, MA, USA</a> (in conjunction with the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/12/allgroupoverview" shape="rect">W3C Technical Plenary 2005</a>)</li>
  </ul>

  <h2><a name="deliv" id="deliv" shape="rect">Current Work</a></h2>
  <p>ERT WG is currently focusing on the following deliverables, see the <a href="timeline" shape="rect">ERT WG timeline</a> for more details:</p>
  <dl>
    <dt><strong>Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Requirements</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Public Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Requirements/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Requirements/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Requirements/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Requirements/</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
    <dt><strong>Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Schema</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Public Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Schema/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Schema/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Schema/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Schema/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Issues List</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/issues" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/issues</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
    <dt><strong>Evaluation and Report Language (EARL) 1.0 Guide</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Public Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Guide/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/TR/EARL10-Guide/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Guide/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10-Guide/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Issues List</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/guide-issues" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/EARL10/guide-issues</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
    <dt><strong><acronym title="Hyper Text Transfer Protocol">HTTP</acronym> Vocabulary in <acronym title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</acronym> 1.0</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Public Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/HTTP-in-RDF/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/TR/HTTP-in-RDF/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP-in-RDF/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP-in-RDF/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Issues List</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP/issues" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP/issues</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
    <dt><strong>Representing Content in <acronym title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</acronym> 1.0</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Public Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/Content-in-RDF/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/TR/Content-in-RDF/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Content-in-RDF/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Content-in-RDF/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Issues List</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Content/issues" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Content/issues</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
    <dt><strong>Pointer Methods in <acronym title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</acronym> 1.0</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Public Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/Pointers-in-RDF/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/TR/Pointers-in-RDF/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers-in-RDF/" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers-in-RDF/</a></li>
        <li><strong>Issues List</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers/issues" shape="rect">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/Pointers/issues</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
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    <dt><strong><acronym title="Request for Comments">RFC</acronym>822 in <acronym title="Resource Description Framework">RDF</acronym></strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Latest Working Draft:</strong> coming soon!</li>
        <li><strong>Latest Editors' Draft:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP/WD-RFC822-in-RDF-20060502">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/HTTP/WD-RFC822-in-RDF-20060502</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
//-->
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    <dt><strong>Evaluation Tools Task Force (<acronym title="Evaluation Tools">ET</acronym> <acronym title="Task Force">TF</acronym>)</strong></dt>
      <dd><ul>
        <li><strong>Work Statement:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2005/tools-tf">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2005/tools-tf</a></li>
        <li><strong>Progress Tracking:</strong> <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2005/tools">http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2005/tools</a></li>
      </ul></dd>
//-->
  </dl>
  <h3><a name="tf" id="tf" shape="rect">Task Forces</a></h3>
  <p>The following Task Forces are active under ERT WG:</p>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2006/tests/tests-tf" shape="rect"><acronym title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines">WCAG</acronym> 2.0 Test Samples Development Task Force (TSD TF)</a>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2006/tests/" shape="rect">TSD TF home page</a></li>
        <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/" shape="rect">Test Samples Repository</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2011/eval/eval-tf" shape="rect"><acronym title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines">WCAG</acronym> 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force (Eval TF)</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h2><a name="pubs" id="pubs" shape="rect">Publications</a></h2>
  <ul>
    <li>A list of <a href="earl" shape="rect">publication on <acronym title="Evaluation And Report Language">EARL</acronym></a> is available;</li>
    <li><a href="tools/" shape="rect">List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools</a> (jointy with <a href="/WAI/EO/" shape="rect"><acronym title="Education and Outreach Working Group">EOWG</acronym></a>);</li>
    <li><a href="tests/" shape="rect">Test Samples Repository</a> (jointly with <a href="/WAI/GL/" shape="rect"><acronym title="Web Content Accessibility Guidelines">WCAG</acronym> <acronym title="Working Group">WG</acronym></a>);</li>
    <li><a href="aert" shape="rect">(obsolete) Accessibility and Evaluation and Repair Techniques (AERT)</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h2><a name="intro" id="intro" shape="rect">About ERT WG</a></h2>
  <p>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.</p>
  <h3>Chair and Contacts</h3>
  <ul>
    <li>Shadi Abou-Zahra, W3C/WAI - Chair and Team Contact (&lt;shadi@w3.org&gt;)</li>
  </ul>
  <h3>Charter</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/charter4" shape="rect">Current ERT WG Charter</a></li>
  </ul>
  <h3>Mailing Lists</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wai-ert/" shape="rect">Mailing list archives of the current mailing list</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-er-ig/" shape="rect">Mailing list archives of the previous mailing list (outdated)</a></li>
  </ul>
  <h3>Participation</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/participation.html" shape="rect">How to join the ERT WG</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=32094&amp;public=1" shape="rect">Current ERT WG participants <img src="/Icons/tr.png" alt="different format" /></a></li>
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