- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:10:41 -0500
- To: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Hello Everyone, Since last week's report we have had two WONTFIX bugs, one FIXED bug, and one NEW bug. It is anticipated that the survey for the CAPTCHA bug will happen soon, as a draft was presented to Mike Smith four weeks ago. We still need to agree on criteria for applying the "a11yTF" keyword. I strongly recommend that we complete this soon, as it is a blocker for task force pursuit of work items key to our mission (text-alternatives, ARIA, canvas, media). The details are as follows. 1. WONTFIX BUGS: Bug 9485: "Mandate in HTML5 that all conformance checkers and validators must refer to the appropriate WCAG document and section that provides remedial guidance to authors whenever text alternatives are unknown or missing" reported by Laura Carlson. http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9485 Ian's Rationale: "As Henri says, we try to avoid defining UI requirements. I would recommend putting such a requirement in a UAAG analogue for validators." My View: I suggest that we expedite defining "a11ytf" keyword criteria and procedures so we know if the task force can officially work on this item. Currently not having the "a11ytf" keyword designation blocks the task force from officially working on bugs key to the task force mission. After criteria is agreed to, I recommend that the a11ytf keyword be applied, if this bug meets the criteria. The March 18, 2010 teleconference minutes indicated that a non trivial cost exists to tagging bugs "a11ytf" and that the task force needs to agree on criteria for our decisions to take on bugs. A Wiki page brainstorms ideas for criteria and procedures for the 'a11yTF' keyword". http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/KeywordCriteria Bug 9437: Change ARIA section title and add extra text about use of ARIA" reported by Steve Faulkner. http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9437 Ian's Rationale: "While in theory ARIA could be exposed to other users, it would do a disservice to AT users to try to convince authors that ATs aren't the main target audience here." My View: Same as for bug 9485. 2. FIXED BUGS: Bug 9217: "Remove the Paragraph-Section-Heading loophole for not providing a text alternative." reported by Laura Carlson. http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9217 Ian's Rationale: "The complexity argument is a fair one." My View: The spec revision for this bug looks good to me. Thanks to Gez for his advice to file this bug in the first place and to Ian and Maciej for their work in the resolution. This bug is one from the set of bugs for ISSUE-31 missing alt. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Mar/0007.html Spec Change: http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5025&to=5026 If anyone thinks bug 9217 is not fixed properly please speak up. 3. NEW BUGS: Bug 9471: "Introduce declarative markup to associate timed text resources with media elements". Reported by Silvia Pfeiffer. http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9471 (I missed reporting this one last week as Bugzilla Mail wasn't working. Sorry Silvia.) My View: Same as for bug 9485. 4. CAPTCHA BUG: Hopefully the survey for the CAPTCHA bug will happen soon. A draft was delivered to Mike Smith on March 21. The target time frame to go live was over three weeks ago. http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/CAPTCHA_Survey http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Mar/0437.html Mike, do you need any more help with this? Is there anything else I can do to help move this forward? 5. ESTABLISHING "A11yTF" KEYWORD CRITERIA: We still need to agree on criteria and procedure for applying the "a11yTF" keyword. It would be good to settle this soon as this is a blocker for the task force pursuit of items key to our mission (text-alternatives, ARIA, canvas, media). As previously mentioned, the March 18, 2010 teleconference minutes indicated that a non trivial cost exists to tagging bugs "a11ytf" and that the task force needs to agree on criteria for our decisions to take on bugs. A Wiki page brainstorms ideas begun in the email "Criteria for 'a11yTF' keyword application". http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/KeywordCriteria http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Mar/0438.html We currently have twenty-seven HTML Spec bugs awaiting task force decision. Ian Hickson is editor of that document. http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs#HTML5_Spec_Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Decision We currently have four Bugs on Document "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives Bugs" awaiting task force decision. Steve Faulkner is editor of that document. http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs#Text_Alternatives_Techniques_Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Decision We currently have seven bugs that I am aware of that have the keyword "a11ytf" applied with no stamp of approval from the task force: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7056 http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8674 http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8715 http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8827 http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9437 http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9452 http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9471 The initial set of "a11y" bugs which were determined to have the "A11yTF" keyword applied to them in January 2009 are at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/accepted The initial set of "a11y" bugs that were determined not to have the “a11yTF” keyword applied to them in January 2009 are at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/rejected 10. RELATED REFERENCES: Weekly Resolved and Rejected Bugs Reports Archive http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Weekly_Resolved_and_Rejected_Bugs_Reports Bug Status Table: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs#Bug_Status_Table Escalating a Bug to an Issue: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Escalating_a_Bug_to_an_Issue Accessibility Issues in the HTML5 Tracker: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Issues Accessibility Change Proposal Status Table: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Accessibility_Change_Proposal_Status Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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