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Results of Questionnaire ACT TF - Rule Review: Element within body has valid lang attribute

The results of this questionnaire are available to anybody. In addition, answers are sent to the following email addresses: team-wcag-act-surveys@w3.org,maryjom@us.ibm.com,wilco.fiers@deque.com

This questionnaire was open from 2020-01-22 to 2020-02-05.

6 answers have been received.

Jump to results for question:

  1. Instructions
  2. Consistency with ACT Rules Format
  3. Rule assumptions
  4. Implementation data
  5. Consistent with WCAG
  6. Remaining open issues
  7. Other questions or concerns
  8. Readiness for publishing

1. Instructions

Review the rule Element within body has valid lang attribute and answer the questions in this survey. If there are issues with the rule, either open an issue in GitHub or provide details in the entry fields for the applicable question.

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results

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Responder Instructions
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð
Wilco Fiers
Kathy Eng
Jey Nandakumar
Charu Pandhi
Trevor Bostic

2. Consistency with ACT Rules Format

Does the rule follow the ACT Rules Format 1.0?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 6
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below.
I don't know. My questions are documented below.

Details

Responder Consistency with ACT Rules FormatComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Kathy Eng Yes
Jey Nandakumar Yes
Charu Pandhi Yes
Trevor Bostic Yes

3. Rule assumptions

Are the assumptions acceptable?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 3
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. 2
I don't know. My questions are documented below. 1

Details

Responder Rule assumptionsComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Wilco Fiers No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. - I have some concerns about failing elements that do not have any content in them. An empty span with an incorrect lang attribute doesn't seem like it should fail this rule.

- The assumption is a bit confusing. It's too generic to be meaningful.
Kathy Eng No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. Update with assumptions from https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/1106/files
Jey Nandakumar Yes
Charu Pandhi I don't know. My questions are documented below. As per H58 only the primary lang code is required and conform to BCP 47, the subcode is optional. I think the assumptions should mentioned that.
Trevor Bostic Yes

4. Implementation data

Is the implementation data correct?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 3
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. 1
I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. 2

Details

Responder Implementation dataComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Kathy Eng No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. This one should pass. Refer to latest edit of page has valid language subtag (https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/1106)

Failed Example 2 - The lang attribute value has a valid primary language subtag, but a syntactically invalid region subtag.
<html>
<body>
<p lang="en-US-GB"></p>
</body>
</html>
Jey Nandakumar Yes
Charu Pandhi I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. As per H58 only the primary lang code is required and conform to BCP, the subcode is optional and so should the rule be checking that? Failed example 2 actually should be passing.
Trevor Bostic I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. Failed examples 1 and 3 are very similar. They both are non-empty lang tags that fail due to an invalid primary language subtag

5. Consistent with WCAG

Is the rule consistent with existing WCAG documents?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 4
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below.
I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. 2

Details

Responder Consistent with WCAGComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Wilco Fiers I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. There's an issue about it here. Thomas has a good point here, but I think the problem is with the WCAG technique, not the rule:
https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/1087
Kathy Eng Yes
Jey Nandakumar Yes
Charu Pandhi I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. As per H58 only the primary lang code is required and conform to BCP, the subcode is optional
Trevor Bostic Yes

6. Remaining open issues

Are there any remaining open issues for this rule that were opened prior to this review?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes there are open issues that need to be resolved. I have listed them below. 2
Yes, there are open issues but they don't need to be resolved for the rule to be published.
No, there are no open issues. 4

Details

Responder Remaining open issuesComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes there are open issues that need to be resolved. I have listed them below. https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/1087
https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/1105
https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/1106
Wilco Fiers Yes there are open issues that need to be resolved. I have listed them below. - https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/1087
- https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/1105
Kathy Eng No, there are no open issues. Adjust definition of valid language subtag (de46e4, bf051a, 5b7ae0) at https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/1106
Jey Nandakumar No, there are no open issues.
Charu Pandhi No, there are no open issues.
Trevor Bostic No, there are no open issues.

7. Other questions or concerns

Do you have any further questions or concerns about this rule?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes, I have questions or concerns, described below.
No, I have no further questions or concerns. 6

Details

Responder Other questions or concernsComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Wilco Fiers No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Kathy Eng No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Jey Nandakumar No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Charu Pandhi No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Trevor Bostic No, I have no further questions or concerns.

8. Readiness for publishing

Do you think this rule is ready to be published?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes, it is ready to publish as-is. 1
Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. 2
No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below. 3

Details

Responder Readiness for publishingComments
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. The remaining issues need to be resolved.
Wilco Fiers No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below. The following issue is a blocker in my opinion: https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/1105
Kathy Eng No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below. Updates needed from https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/1106/files
Jey Nandakumar Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Charu Pandhi No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below. As per H58 only the primary lang code is required and conform to BCP, the subcode is optional
Trevor Bostic Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. Clarification on the failing examples

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Non-responders

The following persons have not answered the questionnaire:

  1. Katie Haritos-Shea
  2. David MacDonald
  3. Romain Deltour
  4. Alastair Campbell
  5. Mary Jo Mueller
  6. Detlev Fischer
  7. Chris Loiselle
  8. Jonathan Avila
  9. Rachael Bradley Montgomery
  10. Charles Adams
  11. Daniel Montalvo
  12. Helen Burge
  13. Todd Libby
  14. Thomas Brunet
  15. Catherine Droege
  16. Suji Sreerama
  17. Shane Dittmar
  18. Nayan Padrai
  19. Sage Keriazes
  20. Shunguo Yan

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