Weekly Resolved & Rejected Bugs Report

Hello Everyone,

As of today, January 15, 2011 fifty Pre-Last Call accessibility task
force (a11ytf) bugs exist which have not been escalated to the HTML
Tracker or marked "verified" or marked "closed".

A detailed snapshot of these 50 bugs is at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/SnapshotPLC1_20110115

Please check the snapshot for bugs that you may have reported and for
bugs that may have been have been assigned to you. Please close bugs
that are satisfactorily resolved. Those not satisfactorily resolved
can be escalated to an issue. This will enable the full HTML Working
Group the ability to address the problem and the HTML Chairs the
ability to make a decision.

January 22, 2011, one week from today, is the deadline for escalating
Pre-Last Call bugs to a HTML WG Issue if the reporter, or the task
force, or any individual working group member for that matter, is not
satisfied with the editor's resolution. For details on escalating a
Bug to an Issue please refer to the instructions at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Escalating_a_Bug_to_an_Issue

Consequences of missing the January 22 deadline is that any further
escalations will be treated as Last Call comments.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/LastCallTimeline

Since the last week's report we have had:

2 WONTFIX bugs. Details are in section 1.
2 WORKSFORME bugs. Details are in section 2.
2 ASSIGNED bugs. Details are in section 3.
1 NEW a11y bug reported. Details are in section 4.
1 VERIFIED bug. Details are in section 5.
5 CLOSED bugs. Details are in section 6.

4 CHANGE PROPOSALS are due this month. Details are in section 7.
2 CHANGE PROPOSALS are past due. Details are in section 8.

We are down to a backlog of six a11y bugs on the HTML5 Spec await task
force decision of whether to apply the a11ytf keyword or not. Many
thanks to the bug team for working on this. Details are in section 9.

Details are as follows.


1. WONTFIX BUGS:

1.1 Pre Last Call Bug 11240: "Canvas support accessible selection
position tracking independent of Focus Ring tracking" reported by Rich
Schwerdtfeger. Ian marked this bug WONTFIX. Rich reopened it. Maciej
remarked it RESOLVED/WONTFIX, added TrackerIssue keyword, and made it
a pre-LC component since it is covered by HTML ISSUE 131.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/131
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11240#c5

1.2  Post Last Call Bug 11540: "The willful violation clause is most
unwise. A standard should not violate another standard for any reason.
This would lead to 2 things..." reported by WHATWG contributor.
Ian's Rationale: "Comment 1 is correct..."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11540#c11


2. WORKSFORME BUGS:

2.1 Pre Last Call Bug 11239: "Canvas support accessible caret tracking
independent of Focus Ring tracking" reported by Rich Schwerdtfeger.
Ian marked this bug WORKSFORME. Rich reopened it. Maciej re-marked
RESOLVED/WORKSFORME, added TrackerIssue keyword, and made it a pre-LC
component since it is covered by HTML ISSUE 131.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11239#c6
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/131

2.2 Post Last Call Bug 11241: "Canvas support accessible Focus Ring
tracking independent of caret or selection tracking" reported by Rich
Schwerdtfeger. Ian marked this bug WORKSFORME. Rich reopened it.
Maciej re-marked it RESOLVED/WORKSFORME, added TrackerIssue keyword,
and made it a pre-LC component since it is covered by HTML ISSUE 131.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11241#c2
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/131


3. ASSIGNED BUGS:

3.1 Pre Last Call Bug 10486: References to "image" ARIA role should be
"img" reported by Maciej Stachowiak.
Ian marked this bug WONTFIX. Marco reopened it saying, "Bug reopened
since the issues has not been entirely fixed. There are three
instances of the typo addressed by this bug, but only two have been
corrected (embed and iframe, but not object)." Ian removed the
REOPENED status and assigned this bug 10486 to himself.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10486

3.2 Pre Last Call Bug 11557: "Authors should not be allowed to specify
roles on elements that they already have by default" reported by
contributor@whatwg.
Martin assigned this bug to Steve. Ian reassigned it to himself.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11557


4. NEW BUGS:

4.1 Post-Last Call Bug 11466: "Reword 4.4.7 The hgroup element,"
reported by Doug Jones.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11466


5. VERIFIED BUGS:

The following bug was marked "VERIFIED" by the bug subteam. Marking a
bug VERIFIED starts a TWO WEEK clock to take action. If no action is
taken, the bug is marked NoReply. A NoReply puts a bug in a terminal
state. See the HTMLWG Decision Policy for details:
http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html#states-and-keywords

5.1 Pre-Last Call Bug 10494: "Modify aria example and fix spelling,”
reported by Steve Faulkner.
VERIFIED FIXED by Marco Ranon.
Marco's comment: "The bug-triage sub-team verified that the typo was
amended. We are not adding the a11ytf keyword since the bug can be
closed. Steve, can you please confirm and close the bug?"
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10494#c6


6. CLOSED BUGS:

6.1 CLOSED WORKSFORME Pre-Last Call Bug 9773: "There is not a clear
difference between "subtitles" and "captions". These are mostly used
to describe "closed captions" (binary transmissions in TV broadcasts)
vs "subtitles" (text files), as far as I know." reported by WHATWG
Contributor. John closed this bug saying, "Bug 9773 should refer to
bug 11593 for more details. This bug was filed by
contributor@whatwg.org and the a11yTF - media sub-team believe it can
be closed, as #11593 speaks to this issue with more details."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9773#c2

6.2 CLOSED WORKSFORME Pre-Last Call Bug 10839: "Providing visible
indication that descriptions and captions are available." reported by
John Foliot. John closed this bug without leaving a comment on the
bug.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_activity.cgi?id=10839

6.3 CLOSED NEEDSINFO Pre-Last Call Bug 10840: "Providing visible
indication that descriptions and captions are available." reported by
John Foliot. John closed this bug saying, "This is covered by UAAG,
and will likely also be visited by the new WG emerging at W3C.
Consensus of the Media Sub-Team to close this bug."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10840#c4

6.4 CLOSED WONTFIX Pre-Last Call Bug 10917: "modify user agent
requirement for details element" reported by Steve Faulkner. Martin
closed this bug with the comment, "Closing the bug as the reporter
accepted WORKSFORME per comment #2"
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10917#c4

6.5 Post-Last Call Bug 11466: "Reword 4.4.7 The hgroup element,”
reported by Doug Jones.
The editor marked this bug WONTFIX and commented "the editor's WONTFIX
resolution states, "Dropping the feature altogether would harm
accessibility (without this element, the document outlines of
documents with subheadings have spurious sections)".
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11466


7. CHANGE PROPOSALS DUE THIS MONTH:

* January 17: ISSUE 129: "replace section 3.2.6 with the alternative
spec text provided (ARIA)". Steve Faulkner reported the associated bug
and wrote a Change Proposal by the due date.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/129
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10066
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/ARIAinHTML5
http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/issue-status.html#ISSUE-129
Ian is working on a counter proposal at:
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Change_Proposal_for_ISSUE-129

* January 19: HTML-ISSUE-135 "Put back direct link to the W3C version
of the canvas 2d context spec". Steve Faulkner reported the associated
bug. Steve created a change proposal by the due date.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/135
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10921
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Dec/0075.html
http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/issue-status.html#ISSUE-135
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/linkto2dcontext

* January 26: HTML-ISSUE-142 "No alternative text description for
video key frame (poster)". Everett Zufelt reported the associated bug.
John Foliot is writing change proposal for this issue. Deadline to
submit a proposal to HTML Working Group is January 26.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/142
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10642
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/actions/94
http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/issue-status.html#ISSUE-142

* January 26: HTML-ISSUE-146, "<video> should allow muted as a content
attribute". Adrian Bateman reported the associated bug and the bug
team gave it the a11ytf keyword. No one that I am aware of has
indicated that they are writing change a proposal for this issue.
Deadline to submit a proposal to HTML Working Group is January 26.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/146
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10419
http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/issue-status.html#ISSUE-146


8. CHANGE PROPOSALS PAST DUE:

* HTML-ISSUE-133 "Add a modal attribute to html5 to indicate a modal
segment of the DOM (modal dialog)" was due December 10. Everett Zufelt
reported the associated bug. Everett took an action to write a Change
Proposal. The deadline was missed and the issue was closed without
prejudice. Everett's action was reassigned to Cynthia on December 16.
Last week's minutes seem to indicate that this may now go to the ARIA
Caucus Group.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/133
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10831
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/actions/86
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Dec/0122.html
http://www.w3.org/2011/01/13-html-a11y-minutes.html#item04

* HTML-ISSUE-134 "Provide tablist and tab states for menu and command
elements respectively" was due January 12. Everett Zufelt reported the
associated bug and took an action to write a Change Proposal. The
action was reassigned to Gregory December 16.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/134
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10831
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/actions/87
http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/issue-status.html#ISSUE-134

For more Change Proposal details refer to the "Accessibility Change
Proposal Status" Wiki Page.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Accessibility_Change_Proposal_Status


9. "A11yTF" KEYWORD BACKLOG:

We currently have six HTML5 Spec bugs awaiting task force decision of
whether to apply the a11ytf keyword or not. Five of the six are Pre
Last Call Bugs. Many thanks to the bug team for working on this.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision

One bug on document "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text
alternatives Bugs" awaits task force decision. Michael(tm) Smith is
editor of that document.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision#HTML:_The_Markup_Language_Reference_Bugs_Awaiting_Decision

One bug on document "HTML Working Group Decision Policy" awaits task
force decision. Maciej Stachowiak, Paul Cotton, Sam Ruby are the
editors of that document.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision#HTML_Working_Group_Decision_Policy_Bugs_Awaiting_Decision

No bugs on document on the document "HTML5: Techniques for providing
useful text alternatives Bugs" await task force decision. Steve
Faulkner is editor of that document.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision#Text_Alternatives_Techniques_Bugs_Awaiting_Decision


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

Pre-Last Call 1 Bug Snapshots
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/SnapshotPLC1

Backlog of Bugs Awaiting "A11yTF" Keyword Decision
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision

A11y Resolved Bug Comparisons:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/html5bugchart/

New Bug Snapshots
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/New_A11Y_Bug_Snapshot

"A11yTF" Keyword Criteria (Draft)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/KeywordCriteria

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 Change Proposal Status Table:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Accessibility_Change_Proposal_Status

HTML Last Call Timeline and Action Plan
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/LastCallTimeline

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:34:49 UTC