Accessibility Minutes 2012 01 30
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Present
- Jon Gunderson (University of Illinois - Co-Chair)
- Rich Schwerdtfeger (IBM - Co-Chair)
- Ann Abbott (IBM)
- Marc Johlic (IBM)
- Nicholas Hoyt (University of Illinois) - Scribe
- Philip Ackermann (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology)
- Prasanna Bale (University of Illinois)
Minutes
Doodle poll: no real consensus on changing our meeting time; will leave it as is.
Agenda 1: Update on OAA Cache Inspector and Ruleset Development
JG: Lots of changes for National Language Support (NLS)
JG: Also auto update is implemented for most sidebars (Headings/Landmarks still under development)
JG: Tables sidebar now has Rules information.
JG: Rules info is still under development.
JG: One of the main updates of the last week: we now have a WCAG 2.0 Ruleset; rulesets now know how to evaluate themselves.
NH: We're also working on reducing the number of evaluations needed; need a shared memory space for sidebars.
MJ: Will try out the Cache Inspector
JG: Compatible with Firefox 4.x to 10.x
JG: /member/wiki/WCAG_2.0_Principle_3_Understandable_Rules#Requirement_3.3.2_Labels_or_Instructions
Agenda 2: Rules for Labels and Instructions
JG: For each rule, we're now adding a purpose property explaining why it's important.
Ann: Does that link back to WCAG techniques?
JG: /member/wiki/WCAG_2.0_Principle_2_Operable_Rules#Requirement_2.4.1_Bypass_Blocks
JG: LANDMARK_1 rule is an example of rule that includes purpose.
JG: This rule purpose info can be displayed in tools and reports we provide.
JG: Everything will link back to WCAG and/or ARIA at some level. The purpose is meant to be top-level info re. why this is important.
JG: CONTROL 1 rule re. associated text label for form controls
JG: Purpose for CONTROL 1: Being able to identify the purpose of a form control
JG: For now, we will leave the rule addressing only the HTML 4 control types
JG: CONTROL 2: pretty straightforward
JG: CONTROL 3: Groups of radio buttons should be labeled with fieldset/legend
JG: Should this rule also include testing for aria-label and aria-labeledby
Ann: CONTROL 2: IBM requires alt and disallows title attribute
JG: Will change CONTROL 2 to require alt attribute (omit title attrib. from rule).
Ann: http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#qr-minimize-error-cues
JG: Will start with 3.3.2 next week