RE: Technique 7.5.A [priority 2] Check auto-redirect attributes on META elements

I propose that the evaluation for checkpoint 7.4.1 reads:
<blockquote>
This technique will be triggered by:
A META element with an "http-equiv=refresh" attribute value and a "content" 
attribute integer value greater than 0.
If the "content" attribute is a URI this is an auto-redirect page.  Refer 
to technique 7.5.1
</blockquote>

the evaluation for 7.5.1 would then read:
<blockquote>
This technique will be triggered by:A META element with the an 
"http-equiv=refresh" attribute value and a "content" attribute value of a URI.
</blockquote>

At 01:51 PM 1/28/00 , Michael Cooper wrote:
>I think it's correct. Let me see if I can propose a clearer one (this
>combines Techniques 7.4.A and 7.5.A since they're so similar but should be
>separate in the doc):
>
>1) If META element has a HTTP-EQUIV attribute whose value is "refresh"
>2) Look at value of the CONTENT attribute
>3) If string is just a number, this is an auto-refresh page, trigger
>Technique 7.4.A.
>4) Otherwise, string should be either a URI or a URI and a number separated
>from each other by a semicolon. This is an auto-redirect page. If the number
>is greater than 0, trigger Technique 7.5.A. If there isn't a number, the
>default value is 0 so we don't need to trigger the error.
>
>Note: in the Technique associated with the WCAG checkpoint
>(http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#auto-page-refresh) it does not
>mention the presence of the string "URL=" in the value of the CONTENT
>attribute. The HTTP1.1 spec doesn't mention REFRESH at all so no help there.
>When Chris and I took an early pass through the doc one or the other of us
>had found the usage of "URL=", but given the WCAG Technique I'm not sure we
>can rely on that as a distinguishing feature, unless we discover they made a
>mistake in their example. Perhaps they can point us to the resource they
>used when making their example.
>
>By they way, any of the other Techniques you sent out up to now that I
>didn't respond to were ones I felt were ok as you described - didn't want to
>clutter the list with confirmations.
>
>Michael
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: w3c-wai-er-ig-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:w3c-wai-er-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Wendy A Chisholm
> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 12:01 PM
> > To: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org; Michael Cooper
> > Subject: Technique 7.5.A [priority 2] Check auto-redirect attributes on
> > META elements
> >
> >
> > Michael,
> > i updated the algorithm.  is this now correct?
> > --wendy
> >
> > Technique 7.5.A [priority 2] Check auto-redirect attributes on
> > META elements
> >
> > Evaluation:
> > If a META element has a HTTP-EQUIV attribute and the value of that
> > attribute is "refresh" then check if the element has a 'CONTENT'
> > attribute
> > with delay greater than 0.
> > If the META element has a CONTENT attribute then check if the
> > value of that
> > attribute is a URL.
> > If the CONTENT attribute does have a value of a URL (will contain the
> > string "URL=") then it is an auto-redirect page and the HTTP-EQUIV and
> > CONTENT attributes should be removed from the META element.
> > --
> > wendy a chisholm
> > world wide web consortium
> > web accessibility initiative
> > madison, wi usa
> > tel: +1 608 663 6346
> > /--
> >

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wendy a chisholm
world wide web consortium
web accessibility initiative
madison, wi usa
tel: +1 608 663 6346
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Received on Wednesday, 23 February 2000 12:27:43 UTC