- From: <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 04:31:00 -0400
- To: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
- Cc: Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
Several messages in support, and none objecting to the below CfC have been received. Therefore this proposed publication is adopted as an HTML-A11Y Task Force consensus. The HTML-WG and PF-WG are now requested to conduct their individual calls for consensus on this question. All responses to the below CfC can be retrieved in the HTML-A11Y archive beginning at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2015Apr/0022.html Janina Sajka, for the Task Force Co-Facilitators Janina Sajka writes: > Colleagues: > > This time with the correct pointer. Sorry, everyone; and thanks, John! > > This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the HTML-A11Y Task Force to > publish the revised "Techniques for providing useful text alternatives" > as a W3C note. > > The candidate document is available at: > > http://www.w3.org/2015/03/alt-draft.html > > As discussed over several recent Task Force teleconferences, this CfC > would effectively publish only a stub document inasmuch as the content > formerly provided by this document has been subsumed by the HTML 5.0 > specification itself. > > ACTION TO TAKE > > According to agreed Procedures, this CfC is now open for objection, > comment, as well as statements of support via email. Silence will be > interpreted as support, though messages of support are certainly > welcome. > > If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this > proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later > than 23:59 (Midnight) Boston Time on Thursday 16 April.. > > Janina Sajka, For the Task Force Co-Facilitators > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > Colleagues: > > This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to confirm the sufficiency and > accuracy of guidance on the alternative text attribute for images as > provided by the following two related HTML-WG documents. It is also a > Call for Consensus regarding proposed next steps for each of these > documents. > > You will recall the relationship between these documents is that the > first was initially created to elaborate criticisms against the > sufficiency of alt guidance in the second. In other words, initially > guidance in these two documents was different, and the two did not agree > one with the other. > > We believe that over the past few years these differences have been > successfully resolved. This CfC tests this assertion. For the record we > are requesting the HTML-A11Y Task Force confirm this understanding, > or point out specific remaining insufficiencies. > > 1.) HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives > http://rawgit.com/w3c/alt-techniques/master/index.html > > This document was initially created to help remedy insufficiencies in > early drafts of the HTML 5.0 specification. Over the past few years, > guidance originally present in this document has been migrated to the > HTML specification itself and removed from this document. However, it is > believed that the remaining content in this document still provides > valuable guidance to HTML authors. > > Recent edits to this document can be seen in the W3C Bugzilla bugs shown > at the following URI: > > http://tinyurl.com/kjvj3bb > > A permanent, though very long URI for these bugs is: > > https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&component=CR%20alt%20techniques%20%28editor%3A%20Steven%20Faulkner%29&list_id=37965&product=HTML%20WG&query_format=advanced > > QUESTION 1: Does the Task Force > a.) Accept these identified changes to this document > b.) Recommend that work on this document be terminated; and > c.) Support publication of this document by the HTML-WG > as a W3C Note. > > 2.) HTML 5.0 Sec. 4.7.1.1 Requirements for providing text to act as > an alternative for images > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content.html#alt > > As noted above there have been significant edits to this section of the > HTML 5.0 specification in order that this specification might best > reflect current consensus guidance regarding alt. These changes are > documented by the following W3C Bugzilla bugs: > > {Insert Bug List Here} > > QUESTION 2: Does the Task Force: > a.) Accept these identified changes to this specification; > b.) Recommend that work on this specification be terminated; and > c.) Support publication of this section of this > specification by the HTML-WG as part of W3C HTML 5.0. > > ACTION TO TAKE > > According to agreed HTML-A11Y Task Force Consensus Procedures [1], this > CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of support > via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though messages of > support are certainly welcome. > > If you have objections to any part of the above two questions, or any > comments concerning the proposed next steps for either of the above > documents, please respond by replying on list to this message no later > than midnight Boston Time, Wednesday 4 June. > > Janina on behalf of the Task Force Facilitators > > [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/consensus-procedures > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
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