Re: Action-1708, Action-1709: Proposal for a Figure Role

Joanie,



I would move the first sentence of the last paragraph to be the second
sentence of the first paragraph. Like this:

figure (role)
A perceivable section of content that typically contains a graphical
document, images, code snippets, or example text. The parts of a figure may
be user-navigable.


Authors should provide a reference to the figure from the main text, but
the figure need not be displayed at the same location as the referencing
element. Authors may reference text serving as a caption using
aria-describedby and text serving as a label using aria-labelledby.


In addition, assistive technologies should enable users to quickly navigate
to figures. Mainstream user agents may enable users to quickly navigate to
figures.


Now the first paragraph states what a figure is and implicitly states how
it is different from an img role and calls out a significant feature. The
second paragraph is author guidance. The third paragraph is hopeful
guidance for user agents.
                                                              
                                                              
                    Regards,                     Fred         
                                                              
                   Fred Esch                                  
     Accessibility Focal, Watson Solutions                    
    AARB Complex Visualization Working Group                  
                     Chair                                    
        W3C SVG Accessibility Task Force                      
                   IBM Watson                                 
                                                              
                                                              






From: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs@igalia.com>
To: public-pfwg@w3.org
Date: 10/08/2015 02:24 PM
Subject: Re: Action-1708, Action-1709: Proposal for a Figure Role



I've attempted to incorporate everyone's feedback here:
https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/action-1714/aria/aria.html#figure


--joanie

On 10/06/2015 10:20 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote:
>     *I reviewed this with with Steve Faulkner. It may require some
>     wordsmithing but we are good to go. Steve is also ok with not having
>     a caption role. *
>
>
>     *figure  *
>     *     A perceivable section of content which supports the main
>     document, and should be easily perceivable regardless of its
>     position in the layout that can contain a graphical document, an
>     image or other content such as code snippets or example text.*
>
>     *Authors SHOULD provide a reference to the figure from the main
>     text, but the figure need not be displayed at the same location as
>     the referencing element."
>
>     A figure MAY have an associated description representing a caption
>     and may have an associated label.**_
>
>     _**_Assistive technologies_*
>     <
http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/aria/aria.html#dfn-assistive-technologies

>*�**/SHOULD/**�enable
>     users to quickly navigate to figures. Mainstream **_user agents_*
>     <http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/aria/aria.html#dfn-user-agent
>*�**/MAY/**�enable
>     users to quickly navigate to figures.*
>
>     *Is abstract: False*
>     *Superclass Role: section*
>     *Subclass Roles:*
>     *Inherited States and Properties: (inherits from section)*
>     *Name From: author*
>     *Accessible Name Required: False*
>
>
>
> Rich Schwerdtfeger



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