Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Pre-CFC - Updating "programmatically determined link context"

Hey Alastair,
If the intent is for this not to be an exhaustive list, then some words to
indicate that would be very helpful I think. Thank you!

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 7:11 PM Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
wrote:

> Hi Wilco,
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> > to me this reads as an attempt to write an exhaustive list of ways that
> context can be provided
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> I don’t think that is affected by the proposed change in either direction.
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> If we did extend the change, the phrasing is a bit awkward but I’d suggest
> something like:
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> In HTML, information that is programmatically determinable from a link in
> English includes [ins](but is not limited to)[/ins] text that is in the
> same *paragraph*, list item, or table cell as the link or in a table
> header cell that is associated with the table cell that contains the link.
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> However, others might push back on that?
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> Cheers,
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> -Alastair
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> *From: *Wilco Fiers <wilco.fiers@deque.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, 17 October 2023 at 16:31
> *To: *Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> *Cc: *Scott O'Hara <scott.ohara@microsoft.com>, WCAG list (
> w3c-wai-gl@w3.org) <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Pre-CFC - Updating "programmatically
> determined link context"
>
> Hey Alastair,
>
> Even though this is an example, to me this reads as an attempt to write an
> exhaustive list of ways that context can be provided in HTML (in English).
> If there was some kind of "such as", or "etc." in there it would help
> clarify that there might be other options.
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> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 4:18 PM Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> wrote:
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> > Is your question more to the fact that the example text is not
> exhaustive in identifying all the ways a link may programmatically receive
> context?
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> The whole thing is an example, not very clear from the code, but it is
> presented like this:
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> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-programmatically-determined-link-context
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> Cheers,
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> -Alastair
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> --
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> *Wilco Fiers*
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> Axe-core & Axe-linter product owner - WCAG 3 Project Manager - Facilitator
> ACT Task Force
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*Wilco Fiers*
Axe-core & Axe-linter product owner - WCAG 3 Project Manager - Facilitator
ACT Task Force