Re: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 - W3C Editor's Draft 09 October 2013

On Nov 6, 2013, at 1:02 AM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote:

> Hi, Jennifer–
> 
> I wondered how you thought the SVG spec wasn't related to SVG. :)
> 
> I think the strongest connection to accessibility is that this is the first draft of SVG2 that has a formal treatment of ARIA.
> 
> https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/struct.html#WAIARIAAttributes

Also of note:

SVG 2 adds the tabindex attribute, which is critical for both accessibility and general keyboard usage.
https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/single-page.html#interact-SVGElementTabindexAttribute

…and it documents a few SVG-specific accessibility features, which existed, but whose relationship to accessibility was never clearly specified.
https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/single-page.html#access-SVGAccessibilityGuidelines

This is great news. Thanks for the additions.


> Regards-
> -Doug
> 
> On 11/5/13 11:08 PM, Jennifer Sutton wrote:
>> Sorry, all:
>> 
>> I meant to write, "Though this isn't specifically related to
>> accessibility ..."
>> 
>> At 03:51 PM 11/5/2013, Jennifer Sutton wrote:
>>> Greetings, SVG Accessibility Community Group:
>>> 
>>> Though this isn't specifically related to SVG, I thought some of you
>>> might like to be aware and perhaps contribute.
>>> 
>>> @stevefaulkner tweeted:
>>> 
>>> Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 - W3C Editor's Draft 09 October 2013
>>> https://t.co/j5YAPnYNvn
>>> 
>>> Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 4:11:06 AM
>>> http://twitter.com/stevefaulkner/status/397697580961787904
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Received on Wednesday, 6 November 2013 19:02:21 UTC