Colleagues:
At last week's HTML-A11Y Task Force teleconference the authority of the
Task Force to make recommendations on behalf of the Task Force to the
HTML-WG was questioned. Also questioned was whether (or not) the Task
Force had made such a consensus recommendation to the HTML WG on
Issue-30, Longdesc.
The following should be helpful in clarifying these concerns. We will
discuss these concerns briefly during this week's teleconference.
1.) Re whether the TF is chartered to propose changes to HTML, our
Charter states
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/html-task-force.html
Objective
The objective of HTML Accessibility Task Force is to help ensure that
HTML 5 provides features to enable Web content to
be accessible to people with disabilities. This includes review of
existing features for potential accessibility
problems, and proposal of new features where needed.
There is significant additional language in our Charter regarding
recommendations the TF might make.
2.) The advisory of the TF Consensus decision and Recommendation to
the WG on Issue-30 is recorded at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011May/0170.html
Additional TF discussion leading to this advisory is documented at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011May/0476.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011May/0475.html
http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/44061/20110519_longdesc/
Janina
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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)
Forwarded message 1
The HTML-A11Y Task Force supports the change proposal for longdesc
prepared and stabilized by Laura Carlson at:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc
Also, please see our "Call for Consensus" email at:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011May/0360.html
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2011May/0361.html
The Task Force believes that this change proposal properly addresses
critical accessibility requirements for longer length descriptions of
graphics, while also addressing objections previously raised against
longdesc. We request that this change proposal serve as the basis for
reconsideration of the ISSUE-30 decision in the HTML-WG. The Task
Force notes its support of this proposal in the following resolutions
logged at:
http://www.w3.org/2011/05/16-text-minutes.html
RESOLUTION:
The Task Force supports the Issue 30 Change Proposal at:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc
Because the Task Force also strongly believes it critical that
longdesc support be included with any last call HTML publication, it
has further reached consensus on the following:
RESOLUTION:
The Task Force supports a Formal Objection escalation should it
appear that HTML last call is to be published without the longdesc as
in our supported proposal
Regards,
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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)