IRC log of aria-editors on 2024-05-13

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Meeting: ARIA Editors
15:58:50 [dmontalvo]
zakim, agenda?
15:58:50 [Zakim]
I see 9 items remaining on the agenda:
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1. [new] css-aam (via aria #2155) [from agendabot]
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2. [continue] monorepo hackathon [from agendabot]
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3. [continue] review stale github issues (aria #2151) [from agendabot]
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4. [continue] Remove abbr elements aria #2113 [from agendabot]
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5. [continue] aria-common #109 remove/replace aria-wg-active.md and [from agendabot]
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6. [continue] respec dark mode (aria #2133 etc) [from agendabot]
15:58:52 [Zakim]
7. [continue] modernizing aria.js (aria-common #104 & PR #106) [from agendabot]
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8. [on Hold] roll out prettier setup - tracked via aria-common#99 [from agendabot]
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9. [on Hold] spec markup for advice for AT (jnurthen) [from agendabot]
16:01:46 [pkra]
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present+
16:02:02 [pkra]
scribe: pkra
16:02:36 [pkra]
zakim, agenda ?
16:02:36 [Zakim]
I see 9 items remaining on the agenda:
16:02:37 [Zakim]
1. [new] css-aam (via aria #2155) [from agendabot]
16:02:37 [Zakim]
2. [continue] monorepo hackathon [from agendabot]
16:02:37 [Zakim]
3. [continue] review stale github issues (aria #2151) [from agendabot]
16:02:37 [Zakim]
4. [continue] Remove abbr elements aria #2113 [from agendabot]
16:02:38 [Zakim]
5. [continue] aria-common #109 remove/replace aria-wg-active.md and [from agendabot]
16:02:38 [Zakim]
6. [continue] respec dark mode (aria #2133 etc) [from agendabot]
16:02:38 [Zakim]
7. [continue] modernizing aria.js (aria-common #104 & PR #106) [from agendabot]
16:02:38 [Zakim]
8. [on Hold] roll out prettier setup - tracked via aria-common#99 [from agendabot]
16:02:38 [Zakim]
9. [on Hold] spec markup for advice for AT (jnurthen) [from agendabot]
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16:03:50 [dmontalvo]
present: Scott, Peter, Valerie, Daniel
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present+ JAmes
16:04:58 [pkra]
zakim, next item
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agendum 1 -- [new] css-aam (via aria #2155) -- taken up [from agendabot]
16:05:28 [pkra]
spectranaut: this is for a later time
16:05:53 [pkra]
james: css issues have come up again and again. Editors would be the right place to start this discussion.
16:06:23 [pkra]
... to start, who will work on it.
16:06:50 [pkra]
scotto: talking to aaron about it. he suggested html-aam to expand.
16:07:07 [pkra]
... not ideal maybe but most of all I would need someone to help out with this.
16:07:28 [pkra]
jnurthen: any particular idea?
16:07:36 [pkra]
scotto: not immediately.
16:08:09 [pkra]
... it should probably be an implemter
16:08:15 [pkra]
james: maybe raheem?
16:08:39 [pkra]
scotto: that could work.
16:08:58 [pkra]
james: let's think about it
16:09:02 [pkra]
zakim, next item
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agendum 2 -- [continue] monorepo hackathon -- taken up [from agendabot]
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16:10:09 [pkra]
pkra: is there anything we need to do to prepare?
16:10:17 [pkra]
... maybe from w3c side?
16:10:25 [pkra]
daniel: there's precedence in the epub space.
16:10:54 [pkra]
... I'm looking into the actions.
16:11:25 [pkra]
... can't really touch TR but we could try an editors draft of a spec we feel comfortable with
16:11:31 [pkra]
... echidna would be a space to use.
16:11:56 [pkra]
... I'm thinking getting one spec that publishes often as a first step
16:12:35 [pkra]
spectranaut: not sure we will know the scope of work until we get started.
16:13:07 [pkra]
... maybe it's just a lack knowledge about the publishing process since Daniel is on top of that.
16:13:44 [pkra]
daniel: when we have the repo structure we're comfortable with, publish to github, that's a good basis. The w3c side can come later.
16:14:06 [pkra]
... the other stuff worries me more, e.g., integrating aria-common.
16:15:33 [pkra]
pkra: great. I just want to avoid sitting there next week and being blocked for a long time.
16:15:42 [pkra]
daniel: maybe we start with a branch on Monday.
16:16:35 [pkra]
pkra: sounds good to me.
16:17:02 [pkra]
... focusing on github publication, focus on initial specs, then moving along
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zakim, next item
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agendum 3 -- [continue] review stale github issues (aria #2151) -- taken up [from agendabot]
16:18:00 [pkra]
pkra: aside, https://www.w3.org/2024/04/29-aria-editors-minutes.html doesn't seem to have anything
16:18:13 [jamesn]
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16:19:24 [pkra]
james: will meet with spectranaut to start a bit.
16:20:54 [pkra]
.. let's do a few issues
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pkra: #79 - cell/gridcell
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scotto: implementations seem to be fine now.
16:22:37 [pkra]
... it's now more about author guidelines to decide on allowed attributes.
16:23:07 [pkra]
... we also need to do the same for row; there's even a note.
16:23:20 [pkra]
james: what problems do we solve if we do this?
16:23:31 [pkra]
... does it make things better?
16:24:39 [pkra]
scott: maybe it's worth documenting what user agents do, that they're mostly interchangable.
16:24:49 [pkra]
... more of a clarification, keep both.
16:25:04 [pkra]
... if someone wants to deprecate them, let them do the work.
16:26:53 [pkra]
pkra: aria #80. presentation vs none
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james: close it.
16:27:47 [pkra]
pkra: #283 aria-sort on more than 1 column
16:29:53 [pkra]
... pinged Adrian if he is interested in taking this on (from Stefan)
16:30:08 [pkra]
pkra: #322 new page load
16:30:17 [pkra]
scotto: Melanie might be interested.
16:30:30 [pkra]
... the new history API was partially about this.
16:30:41 [pkra]
james: this seems like a really useful thing to have.
16:30:56 [pkra]
... if it just works on history, that would be less of a chance of developer screwing it up.
16:31:54 [scotto]
https://github.com/WICG/navigation-api/
16:33:26 [pkra]
pkra: pinged Mel Sumner
16:33:41 [pkra]
... aria #427 radio groups name required
16:33:47 [pkra]
scotto: would like to talk about this again
16:33:56 [pkra]
... people from ACT rules are confused on aria vs wcag failure.
16:34:03 [pkra]
... this, dialog, tables came up.
16:34:11 [pkra]
... they are aria failures but wcag is less clear.
16:34:30 [pkra]
... then why is aria requiring them when wcag / html doesn't. etc.
16:34:44 [pkra]
... I think it would help if they're not MUST but SHOULD
16:35:02 [pkra]
james: what benefits are there for users when not adding a name?
16:35:28 [pkra]
scotto: I've seen it when buttons are very understandable, e.g., clear mailing list sign-up.
16:35:40 [pkra]
... heading just before table.
16:36:07 [pkra]
... dialog - best practices to have name the same as heading at start.
16:36:14 [pkra]
... why force the extra work
16:36:23 [pkra]
james: the name-from heading would solve that at least.
16:36:36 [pkra]
... then browser/AT can decide when to reduce the reduncancy.
16:36:57 [pkra]
spectranaut: sounds like a larger problem where some things should have SHOULD not MUST.
16:37:02 [pkra]
... should we broaden this?
16:37:27 [pkra]
james: while I sympathize, I think it could make things worse when people don't do it for situations where they really should name them
16:38:21 [pkra]
scotto: I had similarly thoughts but ended up thinking that HTML and ARIA are too strong. Where it really matters, WCAG will cover it.
16:38:44 [pkra]
... I've moved away from this in ARIA-in-html because it creates too much confusion
16:39:20 [pkra]
.... a good auditor would call them out; but ARIA feels like overreaching
16:39:35 [pkra]
... then there's ARIA asking for more than HTML
16:39:47 [pkra]
spectranaut: can we talk more on the group?
16:39:59 [pkra]
... let's make it a larger issue.
16:40:09 [pkra]
scotto: let's close it and make a new, larger isse.
16:40:42 [pkra]
james: sounds good.
16:40:53 [pkra]
... I'm feeling more sympathetic to this after checking APG
16:41:19 [pkra]
pkra: aria #432 4-way picker
16:42:06 [pkra]
... I like this. Would love a label for these kinds of issues -- there's interest but not enough from implementers.
16:42:57 [pkra]
spectranaut: sounds good
16:43:08 [pkra]
james: feature + needs explainer sounds like a good combo
16:45:57 [pkra]
spectranaut: maybe "needs champion"?
16:46:10 [pkra]
... and explainer for that.
16:49:35 [pkra]
pkra: i like that. We have others that have less interest, e.g., #559 on "call to action"
16:49:40 [pkra]
spectranaut: let's close that.
16:49:43 [pkra]
james: +1
16:49:45 [pkra]
pkra: done.
16:51:46 [pkra]
spectranaut: we should track what we've discussed so we don't re-do issues.
16:53:57 [pkra]
... I'll add a "needs champion" label
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zakim, end meeting
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As of this point the attendees have been Scott, Peter, Valerie, Daniel, JAmes
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16:54:10 [Zakim]
I am happy to have been of service, pkra; please remember to excuse RRSAgent. Goodbye
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