Re: (Action) Issue 387: Proposed revision to checkpoint 8.4

Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> 
> This seems to be on the right track. Maybe we should provide the HTML labels
> as minimal conformance requirements?

I'd rather not. We've tried this, then backtracked an undid
it for other checkpoints (7.6). I'd like to leave all language-specific
info in the techniques.

 - Ian

> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Ian Jacobs wrote:
> 
>   Hello,
> 
>   At the 28 November teleconference [1], I received
>   an action item to propose a new checkpoint 8.4 as part of
>   resolving issue 387 [2]. In the 29 December 2000 draft [3],
>   checkpoint 8.4 is:
> 
>   <OLD>
>   8.4 Make available to the user an "outline" view of content, composed
>   of labels for important structural elements (e.g., heading text, table
>   titles, form titles, etc.). For discussion about what constitutes the
>   set of important structural elements, please refer to checkpoint
>   7.6. [Priority 2]
> 
>      Note: This checkpoint is meant to allow the user to simplify the
>      view of content by hiding some content selectively. For example,
>      for each frame in a frameset, provide a table of contents composed
>      of headings (e.g., the H1 - H6 elements in HTML) where each entry
>      in the table of contents links to the heading in the document. This
>      checkpoint does not require that the outline view be navigable, but
>      this is recommended; refer to checkpoint 7.6. For those elements
>      that do not have associated text titles or labels, the user agent
>      should generate a brief text label (e.g., from content, the element
>      type, etc.).
>   </OLD>
> 
>   The reviewer's question was:
> 
>         "Does the current HTML/XML/? spec and language provide
>         mechanisms authors can use (and UAs can refer to) to provide
>         the information called for in this checkpoint or are they on
>         their own to figure how they provide (author) and where to go
>         to get this info (UA)?
> 
>   I suggest the following:
> 
>   1) We define "label" to mean a short description of some other content.
> 
>   2) We state that format specifications specify which elements or
>   attributes
>      are labels. For instance, in HTML:
>       a) CAPTION is a label for TABLE
>       b) "title" is a label for many elements.
>       c) H1-H6 are labels for content that follows
>       d) LABEL is a label for form control
>       e) LEGEND is a label for a set of form controls
>       f) TH is a label for a row/column of cells
>       g) TITLE is a label for the document.
> 
>   3) We state that the outline be allowed to include non-text labels.
>      (Whether the rendered outline ultimately consists of text or non-text
>       may depend on user preferences.)
> 
>   4) We do not require the user agent to generate labels (i.e.,
>      if some content doesn't have a label per a format specification,
>      then that content needn't have an entry in the outline view.
> 
>   Here is the proposed checkpoint. This version also takes into
>   account resolutions related to issue 352 [4] (about improving
>   the cross-reference to checkpoint 7.6).
> 
>   <NEW>
>   8.4 Make available to the user an "outline" view of content, composed
>   of labels for important structural elements (e.g., heading text, table
>   titles, form titles, etc.).
> 
>      Note: This checkpoint is meant to provide the user with a
>      simplified view of content (e.g, a table of contents). What
>      constitutes a label is defined by a markup language specification.
>      For example, in HTML, a heading (H1-H6) is a label for the section
>      that follows it, a CAPTION is a label for a table, the "title"
>      attribute is a label for its element, etc.
>      A label is not required to be text only.
>      For important elements that do not have associated labels,
>      user agents may generate labels for the outline view.
>      For information about what constitutes the set of
>      important structural elements, please refer to the Note following
>      checkpoint 7.6. By making the
>      outline view navigable, it is possible to satisfy this checkpoint
>      and checkpoint 7.6 together: Allow users to navigate among the
>      important elements of the outline view, and to navigate from a
>      position in the outline view to the corresponding position in a
>      full view of content.
>   </NEW>
> 
>   Also, add to the techniques the list of HTML labels cited above.
> 
>    - Ian
> 
>   [1]
>   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000OctDec/0354.html
>   [2] http://server.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear-lc2.html#387
>   [3] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20001229
>   [4] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2000/11/minutes-20001116#issue-352
> 
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