Weekly Resolved & Rejected Bugs Report

Hello Everyone,

Since last week's report we have had two WONTFIX bug resolutions and
one DUPLICATE bug resolution.

Two bugs were REOPENED. One NEW bug was reported.

A survey has been drafted for the CAPTCHA bug.

Eleven bugs were downgraded from Priority 2 to Priority 3. Two bugs
were upgraded from Priority 2 to Priority 1.

Four bugs with the keyword "TrackerIssue" were mislabeled FIXED. No
bugs were actually FIXED this week.

The task force began discussion on criteria for applying the "a11yTF"
keyword. A brainstorming Wiki page was created in this effort.

The details follow.

1. WONTFIX BUGS:

Bug 9212: "Change the Generator Mechanism for img from Document Level
to Element Level".
Editor's WONTFIX Rationale: "Quite contrary to the assertion above, I
think making it possible for individual images to be tagged as 'don't
validate me' makes it far easier for authors to neglect their
responsibility than using meta generator..."
LC: I can add the "TrackerIssue" keyword to this bug now since the
editor won't fix the problem. And I can adjust the change proposal
accordingly and remove the generator as option. The WAI CG text
alternative document said that they wouldn't oppose a generated
*attribute* but a document level generated mechanism that allows a
full page of images to not have text alternatives is not allowed. I
could file a new bug to eliminate the generator mechanism completely
but I don't know if that would be productive, as I suspect it too
would be marked WONTFIX. Task force advice would be appreciated.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9212

Bug 9216: "Provide a CAPTCHA example that is in accord with WCAG 2 or
Defer to HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives"
Editor's WONTFIX Rationale: "WCAG2's suggestion on the matter is a
workaround for a limitation of HTML4. We should be careful when
applying WCAG2 suggestions to HTML5 to not automatically assume the
advice in WCAG2 is the best possible solution, as it is constrained by
what HTML4 allowed. HTML5's solution avoids conflating alternatives
and purpose descriptions, and as such is an improvement over what
could be done in HTML4."
LC Suggestion: The task force should be having a survey on this fairly
soon. Proceed after we have the outcomes.


2. DUPLICATE BUG:

Bug 9218: "Enable Automatic Validators to Programmatically Determine
the Presence or Absence of a Set of Text Alternatives.
I marked this bug as a duplicate of 8716 as 8716 is the main bug for
associated text alternative change proposal.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9218


3. REOPENED BUGS:

Bug 8171: "Implement the text alternatives proposal from WAI" reported
by  Michael Cooper. 8171 had been marked "NEEDSINFO". I reopened it as
the bugs in the dependency tree provide further information for the
editor.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/showdependencytree.cgi?id=8171

Bug 7721: "Drag and Drop is not keyboard accessible" reported by Rich
Schwerdtfeger was reopened by Mike Smith per discussion on 2010-03-18
a11y TF telcon.
Maciej's comment: "Since this was originally resolved as NEEDSINFO, is
anyone going to provide the requested info?"
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7721#c15
LC suggestion: Try to provide Ian the information that he needs. Rich
Schwerdtfeger had previously volunteered to submit a change proposal.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7721#c9


4. NEW BUGS:

Bug 9280: "Add default button option/attribute for forms" reported by
Jonathan Avila.
LC Suggestion: It is currently unclear what is being proposed in this
bug. Postpone applying the a11ytf keyword, until the bug description
is clarified and "a11ytf" keyword criteria established.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9280


5. CAPTCHA bug:

A survey has been drafted for the CAPTCHA bug.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/CAPTCHA_Survey
Ideas for improvement are most welcome.


6. PRIORITY CHANGES:

Bugs Upgraded From Priority 2 to Priority 1 are

9215: "Provide a Webcam example that is in accord with WCAG 2 or Defer
to "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9215

9217: "Remove the Paragraph-Section-Heading loophole for not providing
a text alternative.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9217

Comments on the Webcam and Paragraph-Section-Heading loophole bugs
from task force members would be appreciated. Steve and Maciej have
already done so. Thank you both.

Bugs Downgraded From Priority 2 to Priority 3 are

6496: "Allow <img aria-labelledby> to act as a text alternative".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6496

7056: "<caption> and <figure><legend> elements should allow flow
content children".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7056

7076: "Client-side image maps attributes missing on the a element".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7076

8646: "Private communication exception" (No text alternative allowed in email).
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8646

8716: "Replace img Guidance for Conformance Checkers with Suggested Text".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8716

9061: "For Short Text Alternatives allow image maps on the canvas" element".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9061

9098: "Correct the img element definition. Replace with suggested text".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9098

9135: "Provide an inline link in the canvas section to the 2d context spec".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9135

9213: "HTML5 Lacks a Way to Programmatically-Determine Missing Text
Alternatives".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9213

9214: "Allow role="presentation" on img".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9214

9241: "Explicitly state, 'For guidance on accessibility requirements
for text alternatives authors should consult WCAG 2.0" and link to
WCAG 2.0'."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9241


7. MISLABELED TRACKERISSUE BUGS:

Maciej set the status on the following bugs to FIXED after they were
reopened through a misunderstanding of the decision process at last
week's accessibility task force teleconference. Maciej's rationale is
that these bugs were already escalated to a tracker issues. VERIFIED
with a TrackerIssue keyword is indeed the correct state for a bug that
has been "resolved" by the editor but has not yet in fact been decided
by the working group via the escalation process. Maciej was correct to
move the following bugs back to VERIFIED. They shouldn't have been
reopened per HTML working group process.

However, they should have been left in the state that the editor had
set them to last. Ian did not FIX them. The following bugs were not
FIXED. I adjusted them accordingly.

Bug 7362: "inclusion of the title as a case where the alt may be
omitted is problematic"
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7362#c18

Bug 7633: The use of @summary should be encouraged when circumstances
warrant".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7633#c21

Bug 5758: "<audio> and <video> do not have sufficient support for
synchronized accessibility content"
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5758#c22


8. ESTABLISHING "A11yTF" KEYWORD CRITERIA:

Last week's 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. The following Wiki page
is a starting draft of 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


9. 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

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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 23:33:54 UTC