PF Approves Publication of a New HTML Image Description Extension Draft

Colleagues:

The WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group has approved the request of
the HTML-A11Y Task Force to publish a new Public Working Draft
of the HTML Image Description extension specification as detailed below.

Our resolution is logged at:

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-wai-pf/2013AprJun/0382.html

Additionally, no objections were received to our email Call For
Consensus, reproduced below, and available at:

https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-wai-pf/2013AprJun/0372.html

This message has been copied to  the Xtech list in order to provide a
publically referenceable URI for this PFWG decision.

Janina


Janina Sajka writes:
> Dear PF:
> 
> Our consent is requested to publish a new Public Working Draft ("TR
> draft") of "HTML Image Description Extension" based on the editor's
> draft at
> 
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-proposals/raw-file/fabd1f48c68e/longdesc1/longdesc.html
> 
> The request from the HTML-A11Y Task Force is logged at:
> 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013May/0079.html
> 
> As is customary in PF, if there are concerns or objections to this
> publication request, please reply to this email to log them. We will
> also discuss this request, and entertain a resolution in support,
> during our regular weekly teleconference on Wednesday 29 May.
> 
> Silence will be considered ascent, but explicit responses are appreciated.
> 
> Please note that we are empowered to consider process objections only.
> All technical objections are, according to the terms of Plan 2014, to be
> addressed directly in the HTML-A11Y Task Force itself.
> 
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/html5-2014-plan.html
> 
> Plan 2014 requires the Task Force to obtain permission to publish both
> from PF and from the HTML Working Group inasmuch as the TF is a joint TF
> of both these working groups. A CFC on this question is currently in
> progress in HTML-WG. As also provided by Plan 2014, publication is
> effected by the HTML-WG.
> 
> Please Also note that the A11Y TF is publishing this Working draft for 2
> weeks of review. Unless new bugs are raised that cannot be resolved in
> that time, the A11Y TF plans to request republication of this Working
> Draft as a Last Call Working Draft.
> 
> Please log any objections, concerns, or other comments by replying to
> this email no later than midnight Boston Time on Thursday 30 May.
> 
> Janina
> 
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> 
> Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
> 			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> 		Email:	janina@rednote.net
> 
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
> 
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
> 	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
> 

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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	janina@rednote.net

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/

Received on Friday, 31 May 2013 15:02:35 UTC