Confusion with spec name for "Accessible Name Computation"

• From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
• Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:31:42 -0700
• To: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <9AA09F8A-D6A5-42A7-8E31-28D1E8EF158F@apple.com>

I've heard some confusion recently that the spec name for "Accessible Name Computation" does not match the property usage ("aria-label", "aria-labelledby", HTML <label>, etc.) The concern is that "name" means different things in some accessibility APIs and @name means something else entirely in HTML.

Will you consider changing the spec title to one of the following:

 - "Accessible Label Computation" 
 - "Text Alternative Computation"

Or another spec title that doesn't have associated baggage of "Name."

Thanks,
James Craig

Received on Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:32:12 UTC