Weekly Resolved & Rejected Bugs Report

Hello Everyone,

Since the last report we have had one needsinfo bug, two fixed bugs,
and four new a11y bugs.

1. NEEDSINFO BUG:

1.1 Bug 11892: explicitly state that ARIA states and properties are
formal/normative HTML attributes" reported by Michael(tm) Smith.
Ian's comment: "Could you elaborate on the way in which they are not a
formal/normative part of the HTML language? What prose would satisfy
this request?"
Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11892#c2


2. FIXED BUGS:

2.1 Bug 11828: "Drop hgroup completely until more research has been
conducted" reported by Lars Gunther.
Ian's rationale: "I've removed it from the W3C spec."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11828#c2
Check-in comment: "remove <hgroup> from the w3c spec by request of
Steven Faulkner"
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6051&to=6052
This change was reverted:
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11828#c25
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011May/0061.html
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6063&to=6064
However, the bug is still marked "FIXED".

2.1 Bug 12053: "The current default ARIA role for the summary element
sin HTML5 is nonsensical" reported by Steve Faulkner.
Ian's rationale: "Concurred with reporter's comments."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12053#c2
Check-in comment: "Update ARIA role for <summary>"
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6053&to=6054


3. NEW BUGS:

3.1 Bug 12587: "AT shouldn't see img@alt="" and img@role=presentation
as 100% synonyms" reported by Leif Halvard Silli.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12587

3.2 Bug 12590: "@role=presentation for IMG should also require that
@title is empty" reported by Leif Halvard Silli.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12590

3.3 Bug 12591: "restrict img from taking @role=presentation whenever
img provides link text" reported by Leif Halvard Silli.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12591

3.4 Bug 12604: "Provide accessibility API details for Change Proposal
for ISSUE-131" reported by Maciej Stachowiak.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12604


4. RELATED REFERENCES:

Weekly Resolved and Rejected Bugs Reports Archive
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Weekly_Resolved_and_Rejected_Bugs_Reports

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/

"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

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Friday, 6 May 2011 00:52:18 UTC