IRC log of silver-conf on 2021-02-11

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Meeting: Silver Conformance Options Subgroup
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Date: 11 Feb 2021
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Chair: sajka
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agenda?
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Agenda+ Agenda Review & Administrative Items
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agenda+ Revisiting Principle #6 re Critical Failures
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agenda+ Use Cases Discussion (Continued)
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agenda+ Other Business
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agenda+ Be Done
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Regrets: Wilco, Azlan
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present+
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regrets+ Bruce
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Present+
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AGenda?
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present+
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zakim, who is here?
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Present: sajkaj, JF, PeterKorn
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On IRC I see PeterKorn, JF, Bryan, RRSAgent, Zakim, sajkaj, MichaelC, Jemma, Rachael, trackbot
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present+
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present+
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scribe: John_Northup
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present+
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present+
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zakim, next item
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agendum 1 -- Agenda Review & Administrative Items -- taken up [from sajkaj]
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present+
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zakim, who is here?
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Present: sajkaj, JF, PeterKorn, Bryan, John_Northup, sarahhorton, KimD, Jemma
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On IRC I see sarahhorton, KimD, John_Northup, PeterKorn, JF, Bryan, RRSAgent, Zakim, sajkaj, MichaelC, Jemma, Rachael, trackbot
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Present+ Jeanne Spellman
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Janina: Some inconsistencies between google doc and working draft.
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agendum 2 -- Revisiting Principle #6 re Critical Failures -- taken up [from sajkaj]
17:09:00 [John_Northup]
Janina: Revisiting principle 6; what is a critical error.
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q?
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q+ to reconsider programatic solutions to flash, audio on load, etc
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q+
17:10:58 [Rachael]
q+
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q?
17:11:38 [John_Northup]
Jeanne: Rachael and I do not disagree on critical errors; it's the final resolution of the critical error. Concern that critical error for flashing (zero) may be averaged out by higher scores in other areas and thus overlooked.
17:12:01 [PeterKorn]
https://w3c.github.io/silver/guidelines/#conformance-levels-0
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17:12:12 [PeterKorn]
For content that conforms to the bronze level: The total score and score within each of the functional categories MUST be at least 3.5; and Views and processes MUST NOT have critical errors.
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q?
17:14:25 [John_Northup]
Peter: Doesn't see how the calculation method could result in the outcome that Jeanne describes.
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Jeanne & Peter: Discussion on calculations and possible outcomes.
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q?
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Rachael: Low scoring items that are not critical do balance out, but the purpose of the critcial error is to be a hard stop. Would not agree with a model that passed critical errors.
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Q+
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q+
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q+
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John F: Ensure we are not focusing on flashing; other errors are critical.
17:19:39 [John_Northup]
Janina: ... but flashing is life-threatening...
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John F: Other things can be life threatening too depending on content and context.
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q+
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Peter: There has been a discussion about the difference between content itself being life-threatening, and the context being life-threatening.
17:21:11 [Rachael]
q-
17:22:32 [John_Northup]
Peter: Marvel film trailer may trigger a seizure. Does it make a difference if the content is third-party? Do we treat this content differently if there is a warning?
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Janina: Proposal to look at WCAG 2; possibility to programmatically correct problems; e.g., user agent detecting and stopping flashing.
17:25:27 [sajkaj]
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17:25:27 [Zakim]
sajkaj, you wanted to reconsider programatic solutions to flash, audio on load, etc
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q?
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q+
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Brian: Challenging/impossible to catch every use case; need to keep it simple to drive adoption.
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Jemma: If blocking a video is preferable to warning, how to score that?
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Janina: Don't know yet.
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q?
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Peter: Focus on creating use cases; then will move toward solutions.
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q?
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Jeanne: Use cases valuable at this stage.
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Peter: More to discuss about bugs?
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q+
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Peter: Do we have an opinion on what should happen when a critical error is found?
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John F: Do you mean time frame for remediation? A score is at a certain point in time...
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q+
17:31:26 [John_Northup]
John F: Discussion of lag time between scoring and remediation - if no followup evaluation, then old score is still the latest.
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q+
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q-
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17:31:49 [John_Northup]
Janina: Scheduling by priority...
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q?
17:33:27 [sarahhorton]
q+
17:33:28 [John_Northup]
Jeanne: Met yesterday with DHS Trusted Tester, discussed measuring a11y errors compared to other bugs. They were cautiously enthusiastic.
17:34:59 [John_Northup]
Jeanne: Goal is a11y bugs treated same as other bugs. Just as critical as security or usability bugs.
17:35:32 [JF]
Q+ to note that a11y, security and privacy bugs are *MORE* critical than other software bugs, due to legal obligations.
17:35:52 [John_Northup]
Jeanne: They are enthusiastic about the point system and critical errors because it helps with VPAT
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q?
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Bryan: Likes prioritizing by severity.
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Sarah: Are we talking about bugs as equivalent to critical errors, or bugs with different degrees of severity?
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Janina: Trying to specify that a11y bugs are as important as other bugs; not de-prioritized.
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q+
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q?
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17:38:42 [Zakim]
JF, you wanted to note that a11y, security and privacy bugs are *MORE* critical than other software bugs, due to legal obligations.
17:38:59 [JF]
Precious metals like gold and silver are measured using the “troy” system where there are 12 ounces in a pound. If you normalize everything to mass a pound of feathers is 454 grams and a pound of gold is 373 grams, therefore the feathers are technically heavier.
17:39:07 [John_Northup]
John F: Bugs related to security, privacy, a11y... not all bugs are created equal.
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John F: Legal obligation puts a11y ahead of other bugs.
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17:40:30 [PeterKorn]
q+
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John N: Likes the idea of commingling a11y and other types of bugs, so that a11y isn't diminished.
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q?
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17:42:38 [John_Northup]
Peter: So much content is programmatically-generated--a bug in the script that generates content over several pages, which may become critical.
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q+
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Janina: The challenge is finding those instances.
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q?
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17:45:08 [John_Northup]
Sarah: Perhaps not refer to "critical bugs" due to confusion with existing term "critical errors".
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q?
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q+
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q+
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Peter: Discussing equivalence across diff types of bugs (security vs a11y)...
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Q+
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17:47:02 [John_Northup]
Jemma: Seeking clarity around critical errors
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Sarah: Not quite far enough along with Errors work to definitively answer.
17:49:55 [John_Northup]
Bryan: Is the word "critical" a stumbling block, even though the general principle is appropriate...
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q?
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Sarah: Principle is sound. Use case introduces the issue of time... should that factor into the conformance model...
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q+
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John F: Just because something is critical, the fix may not take immediate effect. Score could change moment by moment as content changes...
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17:55:24 [JF]
Time issue *IS* real, but shold it have an impact on "Score"?
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q+
17:56:43 [Jemma]
I think that Peter is touching the issue of impact scope of "critical error"
17:56:56 [John_Northup]
Peter: Acknowleging the time issue, while we also try to consider a11y in the context of other bugs...
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q+
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Q+ to note that "culture" is a conce3rn in large orgs, maybe less so at "Joe's Pizzaria"
17:58:07 [John_Northup]
Sarah: Much about culture/practice/procedures that should weigh into conformance - beyond just products...
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bye bye
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zakim, bye
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leaving. As of this point the attendees have been sajkaj, JF, PeterKorn, Bryan, John_Northup, sarahhorton, KimD, Jemma, Jeanne, Spellman
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