RE: Status of GL 1.3

Terrific work, Becky,thank you.

JOhn 



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[mailto:public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Becky Gibson
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:43 am
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Subject: Status of GL 1.3

I have updated the status of GL 1.3 in the attached table. We have
proposals for at least one sufficient technique with tests for each
success criteria.  Some of these techniques have been recently updated
based on comments from the 1.3 survey [1].  See the table for links to
each draft technique.


We still have some work to do on open issues.  I have updated the table
with links but have tried to provide more detail below.
#1605 suggest removing functionality from GL text:. RESOLVED at  Jan 5
meeting to remove functionality for GL text. 

#1309 - definition of programmatically determined  - discussed at Jan 5
meeting but no resolution. Still open. 

#1795 - asks, " Which structures, then, are "perceivable" for purposes
of this criterion"? AND #1863 - questions the current definition of
structure.  See discussion thread Perceivable structures (very long)
[2]

#1607 and 1608 -  Yvette and Gregg to review 1.3.2 and 1.3.4 to address
programmatically determined,  guaranteeing visual access at level 2 and
making the wording consistent.  Proposal made to the list[3] and
survey[4] created but not discussed.  Of the 12 people completing the
survey, 9 agreed to the proposal changes to the 1.3.2 SC text and 3 did
not.  An alternate proposal was suggested, "When information is conveyed
by color, the color can be programmatically determined or the
information is also conveyed in a manner that does not depend on visual
perception."

#1879 - suggests an update to the intent section of 1.3.2. I originally
included this in the table of work for 1.3  but since it deals with
non-normative content this is not required for last call. 

#1766 - Missing glossary entries - variations in presentation of text
should be defined.  Proposal was made [5] and surveyed[1] but at Jan 5
meeting this was sent back to team b for further revision.  There were
issues with "variations" and what it means. There were a few proposals
that suggested not using the term "variation" but specifying changes in
fonts, styles, and voice.  Of the 13 people competing the survey 9
accepted the proposal, 2 accepted with proposed changes, and 2 thought
that a definition was not needed.

#1767 and 1789 which suggest that this SC should be at a higher level.
See research and proposal at [6]. This was surveyed [1] but not
discussed at the Jan 5 working group meeting.  Survey results are
non-conclusive. Of the 13 responders to the survey, 9 ranked putting it
at level 1 as their first choice.  The issue of testability was raised
as was the ability to achieve this for all content.

#1851 - proposal to promote this to level 1 to better map with 508 req. 
for accessible forms  This was also surveyed [1] but not discussed by
the working group. Of the 13 responders, 7 ranked putting it at level 2
as their first choice. The group was evenly split about not minding it a
certain level, 5,4,6 for level 1, 2, 3, respectively. Four don't want it
a level 1 with 1 each who don't want it at level 2 and 3.  Note that not
all responders completed both the don't mind/don't want and ranking
questions. 
 


[1] http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/jan0406gl31/results
[2]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag-teamb/2006Jan/0028.html
[3]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag-teamb/2006Jan/0018.html
[4]  http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/SC1323wording/results
[5]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag-teamb/2005Dec/0003.html
[6]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-wcag-teamb/2005Dec/0010.html 

Becky Gibson
Web Accessibility Architect
                                                       
IBM Emerging Internet Technologies
5 Technology Park Drive
Westford, MA 01886
Voice: 978 399-6101; t/l 333-6101
Email: gibsonb@us.ibm.com

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