Beginners Lexicon Task Force of EOWG Work Statement

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Status: Approved in EOWG meeting 19 November 2004

The Beginners Lexicon Task Force of EOWG operates under the EOWG charter.

The objective of the Task Force of EOWG is to:

Setup a Beginners Lexicon for WAI documents
- to aid translators by describing the meaning of (technical) terms with a 'WAI contextual meaning' used in the WAI documents.
- to aid people from various regions and countries to understand differently used wordings of accessibility issues.

WAI Beginners Lexicon Task Force of EOWG communications are publicly visible. Communication mechanisms for the Task Force include:

Beginners Lexicon Task Force of EOWG mailing list <public-wai-eo-lexicon@w3.org> and archives
Biweekly Task Force teleconferences, as needed
Task Force work in EOWG teleconferences, monthly or when needed

Task Force participants must be participants in good standing of the EOWG, and must actively contribute to the work of the Task Force, including:

minimum 2 hours per week of Task Force work
remain current on the Task Force mailing list and respond in a timely manner to postings on Task Force mailing list
participate in Task Force telephone meetings, or send regrets to the Task Force list
assist in preparing Task Force deliverables for discussion

Beginners Lexicon Task Force participants are:

Andrew Arch, Accessible Information Solutions / National Information and Library Service (AU)
Harvey Bingham, Accessibility Consultant (US)
Helle Bjarnø, Videncenter for Synshandicap / Visual Impairment Information Centre (DK)
Libby Cohen, ALLTech, University of Southern Maine (US)
Sylvie Duchateau, Braillenet (FR)
Shawn Lawton Henry (W3C/WAI, MIT), W3C team contact
Natasha Lipkina, Hewlett-Packard (US)
Pasquale Popolizio (IT)
Henk Snetselaar, Bartiméus-Accessibility Foundation (NL), facilitator
Carol J. Smith, Kognitive (US)