docs(#522): update README and CONTRIBUTING

[ZoeBijl]

Closes #522

README

• add the controlling group
• add the staff contact
• verify staff contact

CONTRIBUTING

• remove reference to Web Application Working Group
• add reference to ARIA WG?

[pkra]

Maybe it would make sense to keep a history section, documenting which group was responsible for this when.

[ZoeBijl]

Maybe it would make sense to keep a history section, documenting which group was responsible for this when.

That could be fun. Do you happen to know what the groups (and their dates) are? If not that might have to be a separate issue.

[pkra]

That could be fun. Do you happen to know what the groups (and their dates) are? If not that might have to be a separate issue.

I was hoping @scottaohara would 😇

[scottaohara]

loosely, it started under the W3C's HTML working group where Steve Faulkner created it. Then it became the web apps working group. Now it's under the ARIA working group.

dates could be found by spelunking the commit log. i can do that at some point if @ZoeBijl doesn't want to do it (which would be reasonable - because of mentioned spelunking)

[ZoeBijl]

i propose that we move that to a separate issue in that case.

[pkra]

I've filed #538

[ZoeBijl]

@spectranaut can you verify that Daniel Montalvo is the staff contact?

That’s the last check for this I think.

[pkra]

@ZoeBijl yes, @daniel-montalvo is staff contact for the ARIA WG.

[daniel-montalvo]

Thanks @ZoeBijl @pkra
I am Staff Contact.

Best.

[ZoeBijl]

@scottaohara do you know what to do about the IPR issue? If I click through I see I would need to join the WebApps WG. I guess my question is: shouldn’t this now be the ARIA WG?

ZoeBijl did not make IPR commitments for this group. To make the IPR commitments, ZoeBijl should join the Web Applications Working Group .

[pkra]

@scottaohara do you know what to do about the IPR issue? If I click through I see I would need to join the WebApps WG. I guess my question is: shouldn’t this now be the ARIA WG?

ZoeBijl did not make IPR commitments for this group. To make the IPR commitments, ZoeBijl should join the Web Applications Working Group .

@ZoeBijl I suspect @daniel-montalvo is the right person to look into this.

[ZoeBijl]

@pkra you make an excellent point.

@daniel-montalvo do you know what to do about the IPR issue on this PR? If I click through I see I would need to join the WebApps WG. I guess my question is: shouldn’t this now be the ARIA WG (which I am a member of)?

[daniel-montalvo]

Sorry about that @ZoeBijl

I just need to figure out where in W3C space I need to update this so that it asks for the ARIA IPR instead.
According to the New ARIA Charter we do state that this is adopted from the Web Apps WG.