- From: Fred Esch <fesch@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:46:11 -0400
- To: "Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group" <public-apa@w3.org>
- Cc: <public-svg-a11y@w3.org>
- Message-Id: <OF09C6FE41.D22DCD73-ON85257FDB.00653BCC-85257FDB.00671B27@notes.na.collabserv.c>
Hi all, Should nested links be prohibited in SVG for accessibility reasons? SVG is considering allowing nested links in SVG and the SVG WG is allowing us to give feedback on whether nested links would provide accessibility issues. Here is a link to the SVG git issue. SVG links (SVG <a> element) are reachable via tabs and should be readable by AT. In the future, we want to be able to navigate through the semantically important SVG elements (including links) and have AT read them. HTML prohibits nested links. This discussion should not be about what HTML does since SVG is a separate language. What would help the SVG accessibility task force the most is if you can state potential technical difficulties that will arise in trying to support it or how it will create extra work for user agents or AT. PS. I started a similar thread on ARIA and Michael Cooper thought that it should be run through APA as well. Here are some of the discussion from the ARIA list. https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aria/2016Jun/0219.html https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aria/2016Jun/0218.html https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aria/2016Jun/0217.html https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aria/2016Jun/0216.html https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-aria/2016Jun/0215.html Folks in the SVG a11y task force, this will be on the agenda for next Wednesday. Regards, Fred Esch Watson, IBM, W3C Accessibility IBM Watson Watson Release Management and Quality
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