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– DRAFT –
RQTF Meeting

31 January 2024

Attendees

Present
DavidSwallow, janina, jasonjgw, John_Paton, scott_h
Regrets
-
Chair
jasonjgw
Scribe
jasonjgw, scott_h

Meeting minutes

Janina, we're giving you time.

Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements.

jason: changes to document made to resolve open issues

changes merged directly

janina: happy with changes

reviisons re being worked on by Janina

janina: discussed with COGA about points considered out of scope,

woudl be good to discuss with COGA on our decision and clarify with COGA

jasoN: how long for reviiosns?

janina: aiming for next meeting

jason: good to circle back to references/citations in recent literature

to head towards working draft

janina: would be good to put out working draft earlier so we have an updated draft ot work from goin forward,

also need glossary

jasons: we do definte in document, do we need glossary?

janina: yes, cna use exisitng definitons for glossary

jason: lhow about makng all changes in response to comments, then send out working draft - not just a heartbeat draft, a call for review with reasonable review time

then in parallel add citations, discuss COGA comments

janina: would prefer wait for referencs, citations before a major 'lat call'

jason: let's get working draft in place and then work out what else we can do in parallel once htat's in place

subtopoic+ issue 18, 19, 20 and 21

in requirement 14c at end of notificaiotn and messages

<DavidSwallow> User Need X: As a user with an executive function impairment who struggles with too much content, I need support to focus on the key content.

already discussed by Jason and Scott on GitHub

<DavidSwallow> REQ Xa: I need ability to mark for myself which items need you to follow up on. Notifications sometimes get marked "read" but do not have a way for you to remember to come back to them. You may need to review them multiple times to be sure you understand, and to complete the task. Further allow Users a view of just the items they need to follow up on, both from notifications, and any additional they identify.

and possibility of AI covering it

<DavidSwallow> REQ Xb: Provide a mode of operation for a separate viewing mechanism. Example: different window. This can better support readability, and maintain focus in the main document.

<DavidSwallow> REQ Xc: Ensure that users can choose how the notifications are delivered, such as through personalization and extensions.

jason: i thik the first one does relate to issue tracking

perhaps proviing some kind of labelling feature in UI for comments in issue tracking, potentially private to the user

janina: more software design

jason: any thoughts o response?

janina: first one is covered,

it's i there

Scott: agreed

jason: for labelling, some discussion good for this one

jason: yes, person with disability may not want labelling visible to everyone

janina: woudl be good to hear more from COA perspective on this

janina: let's defer that one

subtopic+ issue 22

<DavidSwallow> Add section about needing a wayfinding/orientation space within a collaboration tool This helps users: • Know where within the tool they are to complete certain tasks. • The names and locations available within the tool used for a specific group. Example: if there are multiple document libraries within a collaboration space, this makes finding the one related to a project difficult to find. • Review a summary of current work histo[CUT]

jason: quite general

janina: 'you are here' feature?

scott: WCAG 2.2 has consistent and finable help, woudl that cover this?

jason: if there's someting rleated to issue tracking/project maangement

but don't tihnk there are collaborative features not already covered, seems more general to wide variety of applicaitons and possibly out of scope unless ther'es something related to issue tracking

scott: agree, not specific to collaboraiton tools

jason: yes, focusing on collaboraiton aspect of tool, not every aspect of tool

jason: agreed, issues best addressed in gidance elsewhere

janian: flagged reelvance to WCAG

subtopic+ issue 23

<DavidSwallow> Add section about improving participation of all members. Examples include: • Identify when group members are not participating in conversations and decisions. o They may not be able to use one or more of the methods. o They may not know the conversations and decision making opportunities are taking place. o Silence is not necessarily an indicator of agreement.

jason: social usage advice rather than software design advice

outside of scope

janina: agreed

can say someting general about needs in colaborative envrionment from a non-technical perspective

jason: great proposal

could be framed that a successful collaboraiton needs technolog used appropriately

introductoy section, deliniating scope of document

while remiding good designed software system is not enough

janina: accepting comment and adding intro on appropriate facilitation by collaboraiton teams

janina to write, jason to review

scott: just a concern that sometimes people are jumping in and out of collaboraiton toosl,

not always pepole bieng left otu, may be many reasons

raja: sometimes paper adn pen may be more functional,

lookng at user communication is more mportant

janina: basically accepting, will explain a little differently

jason: and people need to be reminded that technoogy is still important

david: three comments left for next time

Minutes manually created (not a transcript), formatted by scribe.perl version 221 (Fri Jul 21 14:01:30 2023 UTC).

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Maybe present: david, janian, jason, jasons, raja, Scott

All speakers: david, janian, janina, jason, jasons, raja, Scott

Active on IRC: DavidSwallow, janina, jasonjgw, JPaton, scott_h