Re: How will the response from the pfwg on alt be dealt with?

Sorry, missed a bit.

As the decision  to make the alt attribute optional was taken unilaterally
by the editor, it should be made a requirement again in the Spec until such
times that the HTML WG has come to a concensus decision on whether it should
be required or optional.


On 15/02/2008, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dan,
> I guess some of us a wondering whether what is an unambiguous formal
> response from the PF WG in regards to the current HTML5 spec being out of
> step with WAI, WCAG 1 & 2 and the PF WG thinking on the alt. i.e. the alt
> should be required not optional, is going to be dealt with.
>
> The way it has been defined in the tracker is that it is a vague
> suggestion from out of nowhere. I would have though that a formal response
> from the PF WG is substantive?
>
>
>  On 15/02/2008, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> wrote:
> >
> > Laura Carlson wrote:
> > > Hi Dan,
> > >
> > > On 8 Feb 2008, Steven Faulkner wrote:
> > >
> > >> As the PFWG have provided a response to the question of whether alt
> > should
> > >> be required or optional in HTML5, what is the process for dealing
> > with it
> > >> within the HTML working group?
> > >
> > > On 8 Feb 2008, Dan Connolly wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm not sure; if you give me a pointer to the PFWG response, that
> > >> will help me figure it out.
> > >
> > > On 8 Feb 2008,  Steven Faulkner wrote:
> > >
> > >> thanks Dan
> > >> the response was posted to the HTML WG list on the 6th of feb
> > > [snip]
> > >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Feb/0082.html
> > >>
> > >> j graham added it to the issue tracker, though from the wording in
> > the
> > >> description isn't clear that it is about the PFWG response. It would
> > be good
> > >> to be able to clarify and add relevant info into the tracker on the
> > issue.
> > >>
> > >> on that topic, who can add issues to the tracker and what are the
> > criteria
> > >> for addition?
> >
> > WG participants who have agreed to be in regular ~weekly contact with
> > the chairs, typically by attending teleconferences or finding us in the
> > #html-wg IRC channel:
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> > >
> > > Just wanted to follow up on Steve's inquiry.
> > >
> > > - Has any progress been made on figuring out what process will be
> > used?
> >
> > I now have a pointer to the pfwg response and it has
> > a home in the issues list:
> > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31
> >
> > > - How is an issue moved forward. How is an open issue turned into an
> > > action item?
> >
> > action items are accepted/assigned in teleconference or IRC discussion.
> >
> > > - How and by whom is it determined when issue resolved?
> >
> > Substantive issues are resolved by WG decision, which is typically
> > done with a survey where all WG participants get a week to respond.
> >
> > A few issues have been closed by noting that they're not
> > substantive; e.g. they're a dup of some other issue, or
> > that the issue was raised based on a misunderstanding.
> >
> > > - Is there a way to clarify that issue 31 is about the PFWG response?
> >
> > It seems sufficiently clear that the PFWG response is relevant to
> > issue 31.
> > What more did you have in mind?
> >
> > > - Who can add issues to the tracker and what are the criteria for
> > addition?
> >
> >
> > See above.
> >
> > > Thanks you.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Laura
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> with regards
>
> Steve Faulkner
> Technical Director - TPG Europe
> Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium
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