[Accessibility] For today's call: Sec2b

Doug Beattie dbb at linkexplorer.com
Thu Sep 11 10:47:08 PDT 2003


Sorry, but I had a spelling error on the word administrator below.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 11:44:05AM -0600, Doug Beattie wrote:
> Allen:
> 
> I like your rewrite of the last 2 paragraphs into the one you have
> below.
> 
> I would only make one minor change.
> 
> In the last sentence, change "available to any user who needs them" to
> "available to any adminstrator who needs them".
 "available to any administrator who needs them".
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> I'd be satisfied with this for #9.
> 
> Doug
> 
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 11:48:21AM -0500, Allen Wilson wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Greetings all,
> > 
> > 9 of Sec2b, Guidelines for System Administrators, seems to have at least
> > two different roles included, system and application administration and
> > user technical support.  The tools and techniques used in each role is
> > different.  As an example, the system administrator role might include
> > operating system setup and administration of the system's operating system,
> > application setup and administration for applications such as Apache HTTP
> > server, and the use of system management tools such as data backup and
> > recovery application.  The technical support role includes system setup and
> > configuration for user desktop systems, application support from a user's
> > perspective as opposed to application administration, and the use of a
> > different support applications such as a trouble ticket tracking system.
> > 
> > Paragraphs two and three seem to cover the technical support role but do
> > not address the system and application administration role.  The following
> > paragraph might help clarify the administration role.
> > 
> > Professional system and application administrators are responsible for the
> > installation, configuration, and management of a system's operation system,
> > applications, and system management tools.  An example is a system running
> > the Apache HTTP server using a "Web-based Distribute Authoring and
> > Versioning" (WebDAV) tool.  Administrators use commands, tools, and
> > documentation that are not normally available nor useful to
> > nonadministrative users.  Nevertheless, these operating system and
> > application administration resources need to support the same accessibility
> > facilities, best practices, and assistive technologies that are generally
> > available to any user who needs them.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Allen K. Wilson
> > IBM Accessibility Center
> > Telephone:       512 838-7872   T/L 678-7872
> > Internet:  wilsona at us.ibm.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> Doug Beattie
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> 

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