Re: CFC on referencing the Image Description (longdesc) extension

See the Github issue for my response to that.  I understand the value of
compromise, and appreciated Léonie's work in crafting one; but I think
there is an architectural principle at issue here, and I don't think
architectural principles should be sacrificed for political reasons.
Modules should be modules; architectural layering is important.  Inserting
any examples of non-core modules gives them "some animals are more equal
than others" status, which sets a bad precedent.

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <
ryladog@gmail.com> wrote:

> It sounded like a very good compromise to me, and I thought it had been
> agreed to and that is why it was going to CfC, and why I supported it.
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> Though I wasn’t *happy* about the agreement (but was willing to accept
> it), compromise means "you don't get everything you want", right?
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> *From:* Chris Wilson [mailto:cwilso@google.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2016 12:16 PM
> *To:* David Singer <singer@mac.com>
> *Cc:* Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk>; Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com>;
> HTML WG (public-html@w3.org) <public-html@w3.org>
> *Subject:* Re: CFC on referencing the Image Description (longdesc)
> extension
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> In the interest of clarifying my contribution to the discussion in the
> issue in Github, I believe we should:
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> 1. Remove the longdesc attribute from the table of attributes in HTML core.
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> 2. Remove the IDL information for the longdesc attribute from HTML core.
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> 3. Remove the longdesc examples in HTML core.
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> 4. Create a WG Note listing known extension specifications, and giving
> examples of how those modules work.
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> 5. Optionally include a non-normative link to that Note from HTML core
> (probably in the index).
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> IOW, longdesc (or any other module) should not be directly referenced in
> the core.  There should be informative examples, but they should not be in
> the Core, or it's not a Core document, it's comprehensive (e.g. every
> future module will want to be listed in the Core, or it will believe it is
> "second-class").
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> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 9:02 AM, David Singer <singer@mac.com> wrote:
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> Hi
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> I think we’re fine with the other actions in the CfC, but like Ted, I
> strongly feel examples belong with the specification of the thing they
> exemplify (or, if an example of integration of several specs is needed, in
> separate informative and tutorial material such as those that the
> accessibility groups in W3C are chartered to produce).
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> cheers
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> > On Aug 12, 2016, at 3:18 , Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk> wrote:
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> > On 11/08/2016 21:31, Edward O'Connor wrote:
> >> Hi Léonie,
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> > Hello Ted. Good to have your input on this, thanks.
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> >> You wrote:
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> >>> 3. Keep the longdesc examples in HTML core **.
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> >> This doesn't make sense to me. When we moved Microdata into its own spec
> >> because people objected to it being in HTML 5, we also removed Microdata
> >> from the examples in the HTML spec (e.g.
> >> <https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18726>). Also, in
> >> general, including features defined in extensions in examples in the
> >> core spec strikes me as bad layering.
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> > At the moment there is no real consistency in the way we reference specs
> (applicable or otherwise) from HTML. My hope is that over the next few
> months the WG will be able to discuss and agree on definitions for modules
> (as opposed to extensions), and a method for referencing either/both of
> those things. The idea being that we'd then be able to start putting that
> plan into action across HTML.
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> > In the meantime the hope is that by removing all the normative
> references and leaving only informative examples, we can find a consensus
> that will see us through until the WG has consensus around
> modularisation/extension handling etc. (and enough active contributors to
> make it happen).
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> > Léonie.
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> > --
> > @LeonieWatson tink.uk Carpe diem
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> Dave Singer
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