- From: Chaals McCathie Nevile <chaals@yandex-team.ru>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 23:38:07 +0200
- To: "SVG-A11y TF" <public-svg-a11y@w3.org>, "Amelia Bellamy-Royds" <amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com>
- Cc: "w3c-svg-wg@w3.org" <w3c-svg-wg@w3.org>
On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:15:00 +0200, Amelia Bellamy-Royds <amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com> wrote: > To confirm for the SVG Accessibility folks, this resolution was approved > at > last week's telcon: > > https://www.w3.org/2016/06/30-svg-minutes.html#resolution01 > > ...and now that I look at that again, the resolution text has got it > mixed > up about which one is a FPWD (should be the Graphics Roles AAM) and which > are new drafts (SVG-AAM and ARIA Graphics Module). I hope that doesn't > affect the intent! Please publish both… cheers > On 29 June 2016 at 12:48, Amelia Bellamy-Royds < > amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The SVG Accessibility Task Force would like to publish draft >> specifications & needs a resolution from the main SVG working group (as >> well as from the main ARIA working group). >> >> Nikos: Can we add this to the agenda for tomorrow? If anyone has any >> questions, I can answer them then. Or anyone can reply to this email >> with >> questions or concerns. >> >> There are 3 documents: >> >> - SVG Accessibility API Mappings. This is the spec that defines how >> native SVG features should be exposed to the operating system >> accessibility >> APIs and therefore to assistive tech. It essentially defines the >> default >> ARIA behavior of SVG. There have been a number of fixes and >> clarifications >> since the last working draft, in response to feedback from >> implementers. >> We have also changed the default role mappings to use new >> graphics-specific >> roles. >> >> - Current Editor's Draft >> http://w3c.github.io/aria/svg-aam/svg-aam.html >> - Previous Working Draft (from last November): >> https://www.w3.org/TR/svg-aam-1.0/ >> >> - WAI-ARIA Graphics Module. This defines 3 new graphics-specific >> ARIA roles, so we don't have to call everything in SVG a "group" for >> lack >> of a better term. There haven't been any major changes since the >> last >> working draft, just some general clean-up. The main change is that >> the >> SVG-AAM now uses these roles! >> >> - Current Editor's Draft http://w3c.github.io/aria/aria/graphics.html >> - Previous Working Draft (from last December) >> https://www.w3.org/TR/graphics-aria-1.0/ >> >> - Graphics Accessibility API Mappings. This defines how the new >> graphics roles should be exposed to the accessibility APIs. This >> will be a >> first working draft, and it is currently incomplete. We are >> consulting with >> people who work on the various APIs about how best to describe >> complex >> graphics in each API; they may need to introduce new roles in their >> system. Nonetheless, the task force agrees that having at least a >> rough >> draft published will help move things along. It also means that the >> updated versions of the previous specs can be published without >> having >> broken links to a non-existent spec! >> >> - Current Editor's Draft >> http://w3c.github.io/aria/graphics-aam/graphics-aam.html >> >> >> >> On 29 June 2016 at 00:33, Nikos Andronikos < >> Nikos.Andronikos@cisra.canon.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Please add any agenda requests for this week’s telcon to the wiki >>> https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Agenda >>> >>> Or add the ‘on agenda’ label to a GitHub issue. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Nikos. >> >> -- Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com
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