- From: Rich Schwerdtfeger <richschwer@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 14:56:45 -0500
- To: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Cc: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
Received on Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:57:13 UTC
We can discuss. This impact the SVG AAM as well. On Windows systems name is the appropriate term and it was first introduced in 1995. I would need to reeducate a lot of people at IBM too. Can you give us a link to where you found the concerns? Thanks, Rich Rich Schwerdtfeger > On May 12, 2016, at 2:31 PM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: > > > 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 19:57:13 UTC