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Results of Questionnaire ACT TF - Rule Review: HTML lang and xml:lang match

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 2019-09-16 to 2019-10-03.

5 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

The rule HTML lang and xml:lang match has been updated to address the comments and questions from the previous review of the rule. See also the comments and their responses addressed in the updated rule documented in Issue #417. Review the updated rule and complete the questions in this survey. If there are issues with the rule, you may either open an issue in GitHub or provide details in the entry fields for the applicable question.

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
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Responder Instructions
Trevor Bostic
Mary Jo Mueller
Wilco Fiers
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð
Maureen Kraft

2. Consistency with ACT Rules Format

Does the rule follow the ACT Rules Format 1.0?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 5
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
Trevor Bostic Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Maureen Kraft 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.

Details

Responder Rule assumptionsComments
Trevor Bostic Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/934#pullrequestreview-292304082
Maureen Kraft No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. Assumptions
Although there is no known way that an inappropriate secondary subtag in the lang or xml:lang attribute (such as "en-XYZ") can lead to accessibility issues, it is conceivable that with specific assistive technologies on some languages, there can be exceptions. In that case lang and xml:lang should have matching secondary subtags.

I'm a bit confused by this assumption. This rule applies to lang and xml:lang tags that have valid subtags, however, we are saying that in some cases there may be inappropriate secondary subtags and that these should match.

https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/issues/961

4. Implementation data

Is the implementation data correct?

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.

(1 response didn't contain an answer to this question)

Details

Responder Implementation dataComments
Trevor Bostic Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Maureen Kraft

5. Consistent with WCAG

Is the rule consistent with existing WCAG documents?

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.

(1 response didn't contain an answer to this question)

Details

Responder Consistent with WCAGComments
Trevor Bostic Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below. https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/934#discussion_r329349525
Maureen Kraft

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. 3

Details

Responder Remaining open issuesComments
Trevor Bostic No, there are no open issues.
Mary Jo Mueller No, there are no open issues.
Wilco Fiers No, there are no open issues.
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/pull/934
Maureen Kraft Yes there are open issues that need to be resolved. I have listed them below. Applicability
The following should be rewritten as a complete sentence.
"The root element of the web page, if it is an html element with both lang and xml:lang attributes that have valid language subtags."
Maybe "This rule applies to the root element of a web page, i.e. an HTML element with both lang and xml:lang attributes that contain valid language subtags.

Expectation
What "...is not known to impact accessibility, which is why it is permitted in this rule?" Are you saying that having both lang and xml:lang is permitted?

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. 1
No, I have no further questions or concerns. 3

(1 response didn't contain an answer to this question)

Details

Responder Other questions or concernsComments
Trevor Bostic No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Mary Jo Mueller No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Wilco Fiers Yes, I have questions or concerns, described below. A recent concern was raised by Mark Rogers from PowerMapper about the accuracy of the assumption that only the primary subtag is relevant for accessibility. This is something we should discuss. In my opinion, this is not a blocker, but I think it is worth sharing.
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Maureen Kraft

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. 3
Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. 1
No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below. 1

Details

Responder Readiness for publishingComments
Trevor Bostic Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Mary Jo Mueller Yes, it is ready to publish as-is. I do have a comment though. There's a TOC on the right-hand side that doesn't contain the "Description" section. I imagine this is in the overall template and easy to fix.
Wilco Fiers Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. The pull request https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/934 must be resolved and follow-up pull requests dealing with https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/934#discussion_r329349525 and https://github.com/act-rules/act-rules.github.io/pull/934#pullrequestreview-292304082 need to opened and resolved as well.
Maureen Kraft No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below. Needs some cleanup in the Applicability and Assumptions.

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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. Detlev Fischer
  6. Chris Loiselle
  7. Jonathan Avila
  8. Rachael Bradley Montgomery
  9. Charles Adams
  10. Kathy Eng
  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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