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

Sounds reasonable.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Jacobs [mailto:ij@w3.org]
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:46 PM
> To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
> Subject: (Action) Issue 387: Proposed revision to checkpoint 8.4
> 
> 
> 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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