RE: Candidate TF Resolution: ISSUES-90, 91, 93, 95, 96, & 97

Apologies for top posting.

I whole-heartedly support this Candidate TF Resolution, and have said
publicly as an individual that I also support this position.

There is currently a collaborative counter-proposal that is being crafted
for submission, and while I am not the 'owner' of this initiative, I have
already contributed to it.  Please see:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/User:Eoconnor/keephidden

Cheers!

JF


> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-html-a11y-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-a11y-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:02 AM
> To: HTML Accessibility Task Force
> Subject: Candidate TF Resolution: ISSUES-90, 91, 93, 95, 96, & 97
> 
> The HTML-A11Y Task Force Face to Face offers the following candidate
> resolution for adoption by the TF. Discussion in email is
> welcome--simply reply to this message. This resolution will appear on
> our teleconference agenda this Thursday. Also, a WBS survey will
> shortly
> be announced where you may vote on it.
> 
> RESOLUTION: The HTML-A11Y Task Force opposes the change proposals to
> remove the elements as proposed in the following issues at the
> following
> URIs. We maintain the work item to check these elements and make them
> better.
> 
> ISSUE-90, ISSUE-91, ISSUE-93, ISSUE-95, ISSUE-96, ISSSUE-97
>    http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removefigure
>    http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removeaside
>    http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removedetails
>    http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removehidden
>    http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removeprogress
>    http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removemeter
> 
> RATIONALE: The F2F believes these elements are actually useful for
> accessibility. We note that features similar to the elements in
> question
> are today created using elements with different semantics actuated by
> style and script, whereas we prefer native elements.
> 
> For more details please consult minutes from the F2F:
> http://www.w3.org/2010/04/07-html-a11y-minutes.html
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
> 		sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> 
> Chair, Open Accessibility	janina@a11y.org
> Linux Foundation		http://a11y.org
> 
> Chair, Protocols & Formats
> Web Accessibility Initiative	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>

Received on Tuesday, 13 April 2010 17:25:08 UTC