IRC log of wai-wcag on 2004-09-16

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19:51:32 [RRSAgent]
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RRSAgent, make log public
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RRSAgent, make log worold
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RRSAgent, make log world
19:51:55 [wendy]
sheesh! i can't type today.
19:52:28 [wendy]
Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004JulSep/0654.html
19:56:09 [wendy]
agenda+ TTF summary - Naming of Gateway/General (update on TTF discussion)
19:56:32 [wendy]
agenda+ Guideline 1.1 (3 part discussion)
19:56:49 [wendy]
agenda+ Guideline 4.2 and baseline technology
19:56:57 [wendy]
agenda+ Check-in about future face-to-face meetings
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20:02:01 [Michael]
zakim, I am Michael_Cooper
20:02:01 [Zakim]
sorry, Michael, I do not see a party named 'Michael_Cooper'
20:02:20 [Michael]
zakim, who's on the phone?
20:02:20 [Zakim]
sorry, Michael, I don't know what conference this is
20:02:21 [Zakim]
On IRC I see Becky, Gez, RRSAgent, Zakim, Michael, bengt, wendy, sh1mmer
20:02:27 [Michael]
zakim, this is wai
20:02:27 [Zakim]
ok, Michael; that matches WAI_WCAG()4:00PM
20:02:34 [Michael]
zakim, I am Michael_Cooper
20:02:35 [Zakim]
ok, Michael, I now associate you with Michael_Cooper
20:02:38 [Zakim]
+??P8
20:02:46 [wendy]
zakim, ??P8 is Kerstin
20:02:46 [Zakim]
+Kerstin; got it
20:02:50 [Michael]
zakim, who's on the phone?
20:02:50 [Zakim]
On the phone I see ??P1, Matt, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Gez, John_Slatin, Michael_Cooper, Becky_Gibson, Wendy, Kerstin
20:02:57 [wendy]
zakim, ??P1 is David
20:02:57 [Zakim]
+David; got it
20:02:59 [Zakim]
+Alex_Li
20:03:00 [Becky]
zakim, Iam Becky_Gibson
20:03:00 [Zakim]
I don't understand 'Iam Becky_Gibson', Becky
20:03:05 [Becky]
zakim, I am Becky_Gibson
20:03:05 [Zakim]
ok, Becky, I now associate you with Becky_Gibson
20:04:31 [Zakim]
+JasonWhite
20:04:32 [bcaldwell]
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+??P9
20:05:21 [bcaldwell]
zakim, ??P9 is Gregg_and_Ben
20:05:21 [Zakim]
+Gregg_and_Ben; got it
20:05:41 [gregg]
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20:06:18 [bcaldwell]
zakim, who's on the phone?
20:06:18 [Zakim]
On the phone I see David, Matt, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Gez, John_Slatin, Michael_Cooper, Becky_Gibson, Wendy, Kerstin, Alex_Li, JasonWhite, Gregg_and_Ben
20:06:49 [Zakim]
+Yvette_Hoitink
20:08:04 [Yvette_Hoitink]
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20:08:15 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, who's on the phone?
20:08:15 [Zakim]
On the phone I see David, Matt, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Gez, John_Slatin, Michael_Cooper, Becky_Gibson, Wendy, Kerstin, Alex_Li, JasonWhite, Gregg_and_Ben, Yvette_Hoitink
20:11:36 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, mute me
20:11:36 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should now be muted
20:11:45 [wendy]
zakim, take up item 1
20:11:45 [Zakim]
agendum 1. "TTF summary - Naming of Gateway/General (update on TTF discussion)" taken up [from wendy]
20:13:35 [wendy]
zakim, who's making noise?
20:13:45 [Zakim]
wendy, listening for 10 seconds I heard sound from the following: David (18%), John_Slatin (19%), Michael_Cooper (39%), JasonWhite (9%)
20:14:25 [wendy]
working on: test suites, rdf techniques, scripting techniques
20:15:05 [wendy]
mc we need resolution on baseline/4.2 issues to continue our work.
20:15:12 [wendy]
mc have proposal to rename gateway techniques
20:15:33 [wendy]
js proposal is to rename "gateway to techniues" as "general techniques for wcag 2.0
20:15:49 [wendy]
js there has been some discussion in the past.
20:16:08 [wendy]
js came up in discussion of overview draft
20:16:20 [wendy]
zakim, mute david
20:16:20 [Zakim]
David should now be muted
20:17:25 [gregg]
Bengt - what is the problem - what does problem look like
20:19:04 [wendy]
?no disagreement to rename it General Techniques for WCAG 2.0
20:19:07 [wendy]
ack David
20:19:42 [wendy]
dm is the proposal both renaming and purpose or just renaming?
20:19:50 [wendy]
js linkages still need to be worked out.
20:21:52 [wendy]
9224
20:21:53 [wendy]
?
20:22:09 [wendy]
zakim, who's on the phone?
20:22:09 [Zakim]
On the phone I see David (muted), Matt, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Gez, John_Slatin, Michael_Cooper, Becky_Gibson, Wendy, Kerstin, Alex_Li, JasonWhite (muted), Gregg_and_Ben,
20:22:12 [Zakim]
... Yvette_Hoitink (muted)
20:23:06 [wendy]
there is plenty o fspace on the bridge...
20:24:04 [wendy]
zakim, close item 1
20:24:04 [Zakim]
agendum 1 closed
20:24:05 [Zakim]
I see 3 items remaining on the agenda; the next one is
20:24:06 [Zakim]
2. Guideline 1.1 (3 part discussion) [from wendy]
20:24:12 [wendy]
zakim, take up next item
20:24:12 [Zakim]
agendum 2. "Guideline 1.1 (3 part discussion)" taken up [from wendy]
20:24:14 [bengt]
yeah, but it say this passcode is not valid it is strange
20:24:46 [Zakim]
+[Microsoft]
20:25:02 [wendy]
zakim, [Microsoft] is Mike_Barta
20:25:02 [Zakim]
+Mike_Barta; got it
20:25:37 [Yvette_Hoitink]
q+ to say "5 has OR instead of AND"
20:27:24 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, unmute me
20:27:24 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should no longer be muted
20:27:53 [wendy]
proposal: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004JulSep/0651.html
20:28:07 [wendy]
can satisfy the "or" by not being multimedia
20:28:17 [wendy]
yh the "or" should be an "and"
20:28:20 [wendy]
ack yvette
20:28:20 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink, you wanted to say "5 has OR instead of AND"
20:28:34 [wendy]
gv "and is not either multimedia nor ..."
20:28:57 [wendy]
q+ to say "editorial, but text-alternative?"
20:29:14 [wendy]
ack gez
20:29:25 [wendy]
gl "marked up such that it can be ignored..."
20:29:39 [wendy]
gl better to say, "graceful degredation in AT" just in case there is something other than ignoring?
20:29:44 [wendy]
yh we want them to ignore it
20:29:44 [Michael]
zakim, mute me
20:29:44 [Zakim]
Michael_Cooper should now be muted
20:30:41 [wendy]
yh typical example is null alt-text?
20:31:01 [wendy]
gv can be handled appropriately?
20:31:04 [wendy]
js not testable
20:32:12 [wendy]
gv should we change the wording?
20:32:17 [wendy]
gv go with for now
20:32:22 [wendy]
ack wendy
20:32:22 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to say "editorial, but text-alternative?"
20:32:53 [bcaldwell]
revised wording to #5: 5. Non-text content that does not provide information, functionality,
20:32:53 [bcaldwell]
sensory experience and is neither multimedia nor time-dependent interactive content, is marked such that it can be ignored by assistive technology. [I]
20:33:19 [wendy]
gv since they are not alternatives to text, do want hyphen.
20:33:57 [wendy]
gv we want it to be an alternative that is text
20:35:38 [wendy]
action: john investigate what is appropriate for "text alternative" hyphen or not
20:37:16 [wendy]
wac raises flag that 1.1 and 1.2 might need to be combined.
20:38:16 [wendy]
gv or explicitly exclude 1.2 issues from 1.1
20:38:49 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, mute me
20:38:49 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should now be muted
20:40:28 [wendy]
bg we've added #6?
20:41:17 [wendy]
resolution to adopt proposal w/today's changes
20:42:39 [wendy]
next issue: does 1.1 apply to scripts and/or interaction?
20:42:55 [Michael]
q+ to say content vs. interaction
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20:43:35 [wendy]
bg wasn't thinking in terms of 1.1, but issue came up with scripting techs
20:44:07 [Yvette_Hoitink]
q+ to say "How is JS support for AT?"
20:44:11 [wendy]
bg m3m believes for the most part can do everything w/script (except for a few exceptions)
20:44:16 [wendy]
bg comes back to conformance issues
20:44:21 [wendy]
bg can write javascript that is accessible
20:44:38 [wendy]
gv related to baseline technology
20:45:02 [wendy]
gv of a particular class or random?
20:45:23 [wendy]
bg e.g., espn scoreboard as well as html-based wysiwyg editor
20:45:39 [wendy]
bg also raises problem that those things that make it editable are not in any dtd.
20:45:50 [wendy]
bg thus, related to using tech according to spec
20:46:01 [wendy]
gv using according to spec diff than don't use anything not in a spec
20:46:10 [wendy]
ack jason
20:46:50 [wendy]
jw would like to scripts away from guideline 1.1 b/c the altenratives to scripts could be just as interactive, e.g., declarative markup (eg xforms)
20:47:37 [wendy]
jw where content be made accessible, should be under guideline 4
20:47:40 [bcaldwell]
q+
20:47:46 [wendy]
s/be made/cannot be made
20:47:47 [Michael]
ack Michael
20:47:48 [Zakim]
Michael_Cooper, you wanted to say content vs. interaction
20:47:49 [wendy]
ack michael
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20:48:09 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, unmute me
20:48:09 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should no longer be muted
20:48:30 [wendy]
mc non-text content should be content that doesn't have a text representation (images, movies, etc.). the interactions created by scripts are not "content"
20:48:36 [wendy]
q+ to say "DIWG POV"
20:48:59 [wendy]
mc applets and flash both have interaction and have movies, images, etc.
20:49:15 [wendy]
mc if providing interactive service, would not be part of 1.1
20:50:49 [wendy]
ack yvette
20:50:49 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink, you wanted to say "How is JS support for AT?"
20:51:02 [wendy]
yh can do stuff w/script that don't require alternatives.
20:51:22 [wendy]
yh if create real content, then different guidelines apply.
20:51:29 [wendy]
yh it depends on the use which guidelines apply.
20:51:37 [wendy]
ack bcal
20:51:54 [wendy]
bc they all fall into both. don't think scripts/prog objects completely out of 1.1
20:52:08 [wendy]
bc need to draw line between labeling/describing/identifying with
20:52:13 [wendy]
bc interacting with
20:52:28 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, mute me
20:52:28 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should now be muted
20:52:36 [wendy]
bc 1.1 labels/etc 4.2 directly accessible or alternaitve for functionality
20:52:44 [wendy]
ack wendy
20:52:44 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to say "DIWG POV"
20:54:04 [Becky]
q+
20:54:59 [wendy]
wac http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-di-wg/2004Sep/0040.html
20:55:21 [wendy]
wac more reason to combine 1.1/1.2 (label/desribing) and 4.2 (interaction)
20:55:24 [wendy]
ack becky
20:55:37 [wendy]
bg how do you label script?
20:56:06 [wendy]
bc when you look at what the script is, depends on what it does.
20:56:13 [wendy]
ack jason
20:57:10 [Michael]
q+ to agree with Jason, but the act of creation isn't itself subject
20:57:54 [wendy]
q+ to ask "prog object - scripts and plug-ins?"
20:58:06 [wendy]
mc if prog ob generates image, then needs text alternative
20:58:32 [wendy]
mc act of creation is not subject to 1.1
20:58:41 [wendy]
ack wendy
20:58:41 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to ask "prog object - scripts and plug-ins?"
20:58:46 [wendy]
ack michael
20:58:46 [Zakim]
Michael_Cooper, you wanted to agree with Jason, but the act of creation isn't itself subject
20:59:31 [Yvette_Hoitink]
q+ to say "technology independent"
20:59:51 [wendy]
wac clarification of programmatic object - mean scripts and plug-ins?
20:59:54 [wendy]
ack john
21:00:14 [wendy]
js when we talk about scripts, are we talking about script web content or the result that is web cvontent?
21:00:31 [wendy]
js you don't see script on the screen, you see an ojbect, or an image as a result.
21:00:47 [wendy]
q+ to say "content - depends on defn. if it is what is shipped or what you perceive"
21:02:15 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, unmute me
21:02:15 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should no longer be muted
21:02:23 [wendy]
wac delivery unit, authored unit
21:02:25 [wendy]
ack wendy
21:02:25 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to say "content - depends on defn. if it is what is shipped or what you perceive"
21:02:30 [wendy]
ack yvette
21:02:30 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink, you wanted to say "technology independent"
21:02:39 [wendy]
yh trying to make tech indie guidelines.
21:02:50 [wendy]
yh "plug-ins" is html-specific
21:04:11 [wendy]
q+ to ask "how much of this is an html-specific issue? e.g., sccripting and svg?"
21:04:14 [wendy]
ack jason
21:04:23 [wendy]
jw anything written in a programming language.
21:04:48 [wendy]
jw can all of the recursive functions and operations of turing machine be implemented
21:05:12 [wendy]
jw what is content? the problem is that if interaction and related matters are not part of content.
21:05:28 [wendy]
jw then our guidelines don't apply, since they are "web content accessibility guidelines"
21:05:55 [wendy]
jw everything written by author for delivery which may or many not get delivered is part of the content.
21:06:24 [wendy]
ack wendy
21:06:24 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to ask "how much of this is an html-specific issue? e.g., sccripting and svg?"
21:10:03 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, unmute me
21:10:03 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink was not muted, Yvette_Hoitink
21:12:37 [wendy]
wac seems that we need some definitions (programmatic objects, content, etc.) and a dvision between non-text content that needs a label vs interaction that needs to be functional
21:13:31 [wendy]
this is still an open issue. put on agenda for f2f. discussion about defns
21:14:40 [wendy]
action: wac, ben, gez, michael, jason brainstorm about defns
21:15:26 [wendy]
ack gez
21:17:20 [Yvette_Hoitink]
q+ to say "<img src="
21:17:56 [wendy]
gv trying to get ascii art out of non-text content
21:18:10 [wendy]
gv "a non-linear string of characters"
21:18:14 [wendy]
gv mathematics?
21:18:32 [wendy]
wac all of the chars are unicode charaacters, the markup specifies the semantics/relationships between them to make equations
21:18:37 [wendy]
jw agrees w/wendy
21:19:13 [wendy]
gv scripts can be done in markup
21:19:55 [wendy]
gv are equations text or non-text?
21:19:58 [wendy]
gv where you have to use markup
21:20:46 [wendy]
lg if an equation is in unicode characters and need structure to comprehend
21:21:12 [wendy]
wac similar to 1.3 where need to provide structure for a document?
21:21:21 [wendy]
jw then every table would become non-text
21:21:54 [wendy]
jw the structures are different. if had to represented as linear sequence, then every table which is 2 dimensional, would become non-text
21:22:21 [wendy]
jw instead, "if representable linearly then it is non-text" then equations can be include
21:22:45 [wendy]
q+ to ask, "are we making this too difficult only to exclude ascii art?"
21:23:35 [wendy]
ack loretta
21:23:47 [wendy]
lg not so much if "can be represented" but "if it is represented"
21:23:59 [wendy]
ls if have an image of text, it could be represented by unocide, however it is not.
21:24:03 [wendy]
s/ls/lg
21:24:19 [wendy]
lg content that is not being represented by unicode characters
21:24:34 [wendy]
gv ascii art is represented by unicode characters
21:25:26 [wendy]
ack yvette
21:25:26 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink, you wanted to say "<img src="
21:26:06 [wendy]
ack wendy
21:26:06 [Zakim]
wendy, you wanted to ask, "are we making this too difficult only to exclude ascii art?"
21:28:26 [bcaldwell]
ack Jason
21:28:35 [wendy]
wac goes back to earlier issue of rendered content vs what is provided that causese that rendering
21:28:47 [wendy]
jw agree that ascii art is marginal exception. just needs to be mentioned somewhere
21:30:10 [wendy]
gv "as it is presented to the user is in unicode..."
21:30:49 [wendy]
text than when rendered for the user is a sequence of characters. Characters are defined by unicode.
21:31:41 [wendy]
explicitly exclude ascii art
21:32:24 [Zakim]
-Mike_Barta
21:38:15 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, mute me
21:38:15 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should now be muted
21:40:20 [Zakim]
-Michael_Cooper
21:40:34 [Zakim]
-Matt
21:40:43 [Zakim]
-Becky_Gibson
21:41:24 [Yvette_Hoitink]
zakim, unmute me
21:41:24 [Zakim]
Yvette_Hoitink should no longer be muted
21:42:01 [wendy]
group agrees that meeting m/t and t/f at the t.p. instead of csun seems a good idea. t.p.. is in boston 28 february - 4 march
21:42:05 [wendy]
ack kerstin
21:42:12 [Zakim]
-Alex_Li
21:42:13 [Zakim]
-Gez
21:42:14 [Zakim]
-Kerstin
21:42:14 [Zakim]
-John_Slatin
21:42:15 [Zakim]
-Gregg_and_Ben
21:42:15 [Zakim]
-Wendy
21:42:16 [Zakim]
-Yvette_Hoitink
21:42:17 [Zakim]
-Loretta_Guarino_Reid
21:42:19 [Zakim]
-David
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WAI_WCAG()4:00PM has ended
21:42:23 [Zakim]
Attendees were Matt, Loretta_Guarino_Reid, Gez, John_Slatin, Michael_Cooper, Becky_Gibson, Wendy, Kerstin, David, Alex_Li, JasonWhite, Gregg_and_Ben, Yvette_Hoitink, Mike_Barta
21:42:26 [wendy]
zakim, bye
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21:42:31 [wendy]
RRSAgent, bye
21:42:31 [RRSAgent]
I see 2 open action items:
21:42:31 [RRSAgent]
ACTION: john investigate what is appropriate for "text alternative" hyphen or not [1]
21:42:31 [RRSAgent]
recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-wai-wcag-irc#T20-35-38
21:42:31 [RRSAgent]
ACTION: wac, ben, gez, michael, jason brainstorm about defns [2]
21:42:31 [RRSAgent]
recorded in http://www.w3.org/2004/09/16-wai-wcag-irc#T21-14-40