Re: Integration of HTM

Maciej,

We can do that but we have to start somewhere. I would like to know if
there is a aversion by HTML to have another set of attributes that start
with a pseudo namespace like aria- to avoid collisions.

I have an action item to work on canvas for the end of the month and we
have started our work here. I will coordinate the names with the CSS
working group and will discuss this on the accessibility task force call
tomorrow.

Rich

Rich Schwerdtfeger
Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist


                                                                           
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On Feb 3, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote:



      Ian, others,

      We are working on canvas accessibility for the shadow DOM and I am
      working with the Mozilla team on the shadow DOM approach with some
      sample code from Microsoft.

      As we discussed, the use of media query of alternative content I am
      working to pull over a standard set of attributes from the IMS Access
      For All specification. It was suggested that we preface these with an
      aria-, however these are not part of the aria specification and
      preceding these with an aria- dash would not give credit to the IMS
      Access For All effort.

      I raised the suggestion that these be preceded with afa- but we
      agreed this would require agreement from the working group.

      For example, one attribute would be AdaptationType and we would
      define an equivalent CSS Media query property for it.

      What's the group on using afa- to preamble each attribute name? ...
      or should we just include the attributes without the afa-?

      As was requested they would not be limited to canvas content
      selection and at the moment I see no naming conflicts with existing
      HTML 5 attributes.


If the idea is to propose CSS media query properties, then they should be
proposed to the CSS WG. I am not sure why we would need or want any markup
attributes related to specific CSS media query properties, but if we do,
then it's probably best to name and design them after they are defined at
the CSS level because we'd want to align on the name.

Regards,
Maciej