- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:30:03 -0800
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
All right, the chairs will discuss the applicability of this proposal to ISSUE-31. - Maciej On Feb 7, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi Maciej, > >> First, let me note that this set of questions is in no way official or >> endorsed by the chairs. > > True. I raised issue 31. Steve, Josh, and I worked on it from before > there was a tracker. It is a big issue. Its scope covers alt in the > <img> design space. I wrote that Wiki page to help people understand > the three parts of the issue. > >> The text of ISSUE-31 itself is about >> machine-checkable authoring conformance criteria: >> <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31>. It does not say anything >> about examples. > > Ian's (proposal 1) and Steve's (proposal 8) and mine (proposal 9) all > address the question, "Where/who will define requirements on the > possible values of alt attribute." > >> However, since the chairs have not yet made an official ruling on whether >> this question is in scope... > > Okay. > >> Does your ISSUE-122 Change Proposal take a distinct position on this >> question from any of the existing proposals? From the chart you link, it >> seems to match Proposal 9. I think adding more redundant proposals to >> ISSUE-31 is not helpful at this stage. > > It is Proposal 9. > >> The original definition of the issue only appears to cover the first of these questions, not 2 and 3: > > Note: Action 54: Third Draft bound to issue 31, August 2008 > > "The accessibility requirements on the possible values of the alt > attributes are defined by WCAG 2.0 and not HTML 5. " > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Action54AltAttributeThirdDraft#Authoring_Requirements > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/actions/54 > > Best Regards, > Laura > -- > Laura L. Carlson > > > > > > > -- > Laura L. Carlson
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