XHTML access module - follow-up from 9 august 2007 call

aloha!

al gilman's opening requirements and issues list from the WAI is contained
in toto on the following wiki page:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/ARIAIntegration

the XHTML access module to which i refered during today's telecon (and 
which is referenced in AlG's post, cited above, is defined at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-access.html#edef_access_access

the XHTML access module is further discussed in the following wiki page:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/DroppedAttributeAccesskey

(note 1: i wrote both the pro and con rationales on the page, and no one 
has changed or modified that portion of the page since i populated it)

basically, for interpreting and communicating javascripted widgets, ARIA 
relies on the XHTML role element to provide the user agent with 
information about the behavior of a widget;  javascript can then 
manipulate the widget via the DOM, but because states and properties 
are mapped to the pertinent accessibility platform for the OS/UA in use, 
assisstive technology and user agents can understand the widget's 
behavior, communicate that information to the user, and respond to the
changes caused by the widget appropriately....

XHTML Role Attribute Module:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml-role-20060725/

The XHTML Modularization Roadmap:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml-modularization-20060705/

the accessibility working group of the linux foundation has a 
subteam on "expert handlers" and are approaching the issue from the 
same angle as is the PFWG -- janina sajka is the chair of the 
accessibility working group at the linux foundation, the brief URI for 
which is:

http://a11y.org

yes, the accessibility WG at the linux foundation is known as a11y, 
a naming convention that i'm not too keen on -- especially since 
a lot of low vision users interpret it as a l l y -- that's what happens
when you use a visual pun as an abbreviation!

amongst others, earl johnson is involved in the handlers sub-group;
almost everyone in the a11y working group is directly involved in 
development and implementation, so they are a good ally (sorry!) 
to have -- i can serve as a liaison between UA and A11y, as i'm the
webmaster/listmaster for the accessibility working group -- even 
got a spiffy new eddress: gregory@linux-foundation.org, but 
unfortunately, since the linux foundation is in the process of 
migrating its servers from san francisco to portland, oregon, i cannot
currently access that account)

i hope this helps answer any lingering questions from today's telecon,
gregory.
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Received on Thursday, 9 August 2007 20:11:31 UTC