+1
Rich Schwerdtfeger
From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
Cc: PF <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Date: 09/19/2014 09:34 PM
Subject: Re: ACTION-1497 - Proposal for accessible description glossary
definition
On Sep 19, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com
> wrote:
Accessible Description
The accessible description provides help information about an
interface element or how it is used in the form of a string.
Probably no need for "in the form of a string."
Each platform accessibility API provides an accessible description
property.
This is incorrect. I'd just remove the sentence.
The value of the accessible description may be derived from a
reference to content within a web page (visible or invisible) that is
converted to a string. In some host languages the reference to the
accessible description may be implied such as through the use of the
<desc> element in SVG.
Here's my draft two based on Rich's original:
The accessible description provides help information about an interface
element or about how it is used. The value of the accessible description
may be derived from a reference to visible or invisible content within a
web page, or the accessible description may be defined by host language
features, such as the <desc> element in SVG.
