- From: Charles McCathie Nevile <chaals@yandex-team.ru>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:43:55 +0200
- To: "John Foliot" <john@foliot.ca>, "'HTML A11Y TF Public'" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, "Mark Sadecki" <mark@w3.org>
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:29:11 +0200, Mark Sadecki <mark@w3.org> wrote: > Hi John, > > On 9/25/13 12:17 PM, John Foliot wrote: >> Mark Sadecki wrote: >>> >>> This is a Call for Consensus to approve the tests currently proposed to >>> demonstrate support for the longdesc attribute as defined in the HTML5 >>> Image Description specification [1]. >>> >> >> Question / Point of Clarification: >> >> Are we being surveyed to confirm that we agree with the text code >> samples, The question for each test is 'should we adopt this as an official test of the longdesc spec'. The only obvious reason I can think of for rejecting a test is that there is a bug, so that results of the test don't tell us anything about the implementation. >> or are we also being asked to test and report success/failure? Not explicitly, but that is actually useful information if you collect it... cheers Chaals >> Having gone >> roughly half-way through the examples, I note that most work, but some >> do >> not (where "work" = visual testing in Firefox only, no screen reader). >> Are >> you looking to collect this feedback as well at this time, or are we >> simply >> reviewing the code samples for "completion"? > > This CfC is simply to confirm or deny that the individual tests are > sufficiently designed to prove or disprove support for longdesc by user > agents. We will conduct coordinated testing and results gathering once > the tests are agreed to be sufficient by the TF. > > Best, > > Mark >> >> Cheers! >> >> JF >> >> > > -- Charles McCathie Nevile - Consultant (web standards) CTO Office, Yandex chaals@yandex-team.ru Find more at http://yandex.com
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