<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><meta charset="utf-8" ><p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >We are working to compromise on a component library as we move towards a change to the GUI front-end framework. As discussed in previous emails to the list, we are planning on updating the BMC UI to use Vue. It is currently written using AngularJS, which will reach the end of its lifecycle on June 30, 2021. </span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >With this update, we are looking to select a component library that allows the GUI design/development team and any contributors to focus more on feature work and less on base-level components. IBM has proposed using the Carbon Design System. Carbon is an open-source library backed by IBM. We are advocating for this library for the following reasons.</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >1. Has an open-source community of Designers and Developers supporting the library</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >2. It is built with a user-centered approach that utilizes Design Thinking processes that include user testing and heuristic evaluation</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >3. It is compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >4. The framework can be themed to meet the branding needs of other community members.</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >5. We agreed to and are using Carbon Design System icons</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >6. We are creating custom components using Carbon Design System patterns, e.g. LocaL User Management table. Using the Carbon Design System would allow us to bring in elements without the need to re-design or develop a new custom component in Vue.</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >We are looking to discuss the use of other libraries and should choose one library. Using more than one library will add complexity with keeping all the utilized libraries up to date, create additional work to customize the library components to have the same look and feel, and could create confusion determining with components are being used</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >from which library resulting in a lack of consistency within the application. None of the 3rd party libraries will likely meet all of our needs so when we are evaluating component libraries some of the criteria that need to be met includes:</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >1. Ability to create and use different themes</span></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >2. Components have been tested and meet the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines principles</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >of Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><a class="_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink" href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-principles/" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;; color: #4a6ee0;" target="_blank" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;; color: #4a6ee0;" >https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-principles/</span></a></p>
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<p style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;" ><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;;" >3. Open-source with an active community</span></p>
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