Re: 48-Hour CfC: Publish release of the Note ARIA Authoring Practices 1.2

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On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:19 PM Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@ca.ibm.com>
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> +1
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> Congratulations, everyone!
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> James, I believe this is the link to the content to be published:
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/aria-practices/apg-1.2r1/aria-practices.html
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> Carolyn
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> ----- Original message -----
> From: "James Nurthen" <nurthen@adobe.com>
> To: "ARIA Working Group" <public-aria@w3.org>
> Cc:
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] 48-Hour CfC: Publish release of the Note ARIA
> Authoring Practices 1.2
> Date: Tue, Nov 16, 2021 2:36 PM
>
> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the ARIA Working Group on the
> question of publishing the Note ARIA Authoring Practices 1.2. The content
> to be published can be found at:
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/aria-practices/apg-1.2r1/aria-practices.html
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> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the ARIA Working Group on the question
> of publishing the Note ARIA Authoring Practices 1.2. The content to be
> published can be found at:
> https://raw.githack.com/w3c/aria-practices/apg-1.2r1/aria-practices.html
>   Changes in November 2021 Publication of Version 1.2
>
> APG 1.1 supported ARIA 1.1, and this version, APG 1.2, includes changes to
> support version 1.2 of the ARIA specification. It also includes nearly 200
> significant updates to improve the quality and breadth of content. A detailed
> log of all changes
> <https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/wiki/Change-Log-for-November-2021-APG-1.2-Note-Release-1> is
> available on the wiki of the w3c/aria-practices GitHub repository.
> Highlights of major changes to support ARIA 1.2 as well as some of the
> improvements include the following.
>
>    - Added section to provide guidance related to 38 document structure
>    roles, 18 of which are new in ARIA 1.2.
>    - Revised guidance for roles where naming requirements changed in ARIA
>    1.2. ARIA 1.2 prohibits names on some roles. ARIA 1.2 removed naming
>    requirements from some other roles.
>    - Added naming guidance for 18 roles that are new in ARIA 1.2.
>    - Revised the combobox pattern and 4 combobox examples to reflect the
>    ARIA 1.2 revisions to combobox.
>    - Added example illustrating changes in ARIA 1.2 that enable creation
>    of custom select-only comboboxes, which are similar to HTML select
>    elements. This replaces the Collapsible Listbox example, which is now
>    deprecated.
>    - Revised the listbox pattern to specify how to utilize the new ARIA
>    1.2 support for named groups of options and Added a new listbox example to
>    demonstrate the named option group feature.
>    - Revised the editor menubar example to illustrate new ARIA 1.2
>    support for named groups of items in a menu.
>    - Updated the listbox and tree patterns to reflect current browser
>    processing of aria-selected and provided guidance regarding the use of
>    aria-checked to communicate selection.
>    - Added section providing guidance about properties used with range
>    widgets, such as aria-valuemin and aria-valuemax.
>    - Added a design pattern and example implementation of the meter role,
>    which is new in ARIA 1.2
>    - Added two examples that demonstrate how to create rating inputs, one
>    based on slider and one based on radio group.
>    - Added two other slider examples: a vertical temperature slider and a
>    media seek slider.
>    - Added a switch design pattern and three example implementations: one
>    made from a div element, one based on HTML button, and one that uses HTML
>    checkbox input.
>    - Added a button example that illustrates use of the new ARIA 1.2 IDL
>    interface.
>    - Added a date picker example that illustrates choosing a date with a
>    combobox.
>    - Added another example of a disclosure navigation menu that
>    demonstrates how to include top-level links.
>    - Added example of a sortable table.
>    - Changed all example pages to include a Jump to menu, a button to
>    open the example in CodePen, and added a prominently placed warning with
>    guidance about testing before re-using example code.
>    - Improved support for high contrast settings and added detailed
>    documentation of high contrast support in many examples.
>    - Improved support for touch-based screen readers in several examples,
>    most notably in sliders.
>    - Due to change in ARIA 1.2, removed Math role from list of roles that
>    have presentational children.
>    - Developed a comprehensive set of coding standards for HTML, CSS, and
>    Javascript
>    <https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/wiki/Code-Guide#apg-coding-standards> for
>    the APG and updated a significant portion of content to conform with the
>    standards.
>    - In response to feedback, fixed many documentation errors and
>    functional bugs in examples.
>
> Comprehensive lists of closed issues included in APG 1.2 release 1 are
> tracked in the following GitHub milestones.
>
>    - APG 1.2 Release 1 Milestone
>    <https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/milestone/2?closed=1>: Github
>    issues closed in the first publication of APG 1.2 as a W3C Note in November
>    2021.
>    - APG 1.2 Working Draft 3 Milestone
>    <https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/milestone/10>: Github issues
>    closed in the third working draft of APG 1.2 published in November 2019.
>    - APG 1.2 Working Draft 1 milestone
>    <https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/milestone/7>: GitHub issues
>    closed in the first working draft of APG 1.2 published on July 17, 2018.
>
>
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> *Action*
>
> This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of support
> via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though messages of
> support are certainly welcome.
>
> If you object to this proposal, or have comments concerning it, please respond
> by replying on list to this message no later than 17:00 Boston
> Time, Thursday, 18 November 2021.
>
> For objections only, please copy the main public-aria@w3.org list to allow
> technical discussion of the objection to happen there.
>
> *Process*
>
> This CfC is conducted per the ARIA WG decision policy:
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/decision-policy
>
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