Proposed Abstract and Status for SVG-AAM

A routine task I do when preparing documents for TR publication is 
review the Abstract and write the Status section for that specific 
publication instance. For First Public Working Draft, a formal 
Transition Request must be approved and it includes review of these 
sections. I have some experience with what will pass review, so have 
proposed some updates to these section. I'm copying them below. Please 
let me know if you have any concerns about this, or proposed edits. Michael


    Abstract

SVG Accessibility API Mappings (SVG-AAM) defines how user agents 
<cid:part1.05000202.04080400@w3.org> map Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 
[SVG <cid:part2.06050807.07070809@w3.org>] markup to platform 
accessibility application programming interfaces (APIs). It is intended 
for SVG user agent developers responsible for SVG accessibility in their 
user agent.

This specification extends the Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/core-aam-1.1/> (CORE-AAM) [CORE-AAM 
<cid:part4.01080803.03080605@w3.org>] and the Accessible Name and 
Description: Computation and API Mappings 1.1 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/accname-aam-1.1/> (ACCNAME-AAM) [ACCNAME-AAM 
<cid:part6.01080408.04060805@w3.org>] specifications for user agents. It 
leverages those core mappings and provides SVG-specific guidance to 
define how the SVG user agent must respond to keyboard focus and Role; 
State and Property attributes provided in Web content via WAI-ARIA 
<http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/> [WAI-ARIA 
<cid:part8.04090503.01090404@w3.org>]. The SVG-AAM also adapts the 
ACCNAME-AAM to make use of standard SVG features used to compute 
accessible names and description information exposed by platform 
accessibility APIs. These features allow SVG authors to create 
accessible rich internet applications, including charts, graphs, and 
other drawings.

The SVG-AAM is part of the WAI-ARIA suite described in the WAI-ARIA 
Overview <http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria.php>.


    Status of This Document

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This is a First Public Working Draft of SVG Accessibility API Mappings 
1.0 by the SVG Accessibility Task Force, a joint task force of the 
Protocols & Formats Working Group and the SVG Working Group. It provides 
the first concrete guidance on mapping SVG language features to 
accessibility APIs, and addresses both native SVG features and ARIA 
additions. It extends Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 and Accessible 
Name and Description: Computation and API Mappings 1.1, and is part of a 
suite of similar technology-specific Accessibility API Mappings 
specifications.

Feedback on any aspect of the specification is accepted. For this 
publication, the SVG Accessibility Task Force particularly seeks 
feedback on the following questions:

  * Are mappings of SVG features clear and appropriate?
  * Are ambiguities between the role of WAI-ARIA and SVG features resolved?
  * Is the relationship of this specification to Core Accessibility API
    Mappings 1.1 and Accessible Name and Description: Computation and
    API Mappings 1.1 clear?
  * Is the relationship of this specification to SVG2 and WAI-ARIA 1.1
    clear?

To comment, send email to public-svg-a11y@w3.org 
<mailto:public-svg-a11y@w3.org?subject=[SVG-AAM]%20public%20comment> 
(comment archive <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-svg-a11y/>) 
or file an issue in W3C Bugzilla 
<https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/enter_bug.cgi?product=ARIA&component=SVG%20AAM&version=1.0>. 
Comments are requested by 27 March 2015. In-progress updates to the 
document may be viewed in the publicly visible editors' draft 
<http://w3c.github.io/aria/svg-aam/svg-aam.html>.

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by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, 
replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is 
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