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Accessibility Change Proposal Status

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The following table tracks the status of HTML5 accessibility change proposals for HTML5 Accessibility Issues. It is an adaptation and subset of the full HTML Working Group Change Proposal Status Table.

HTML5 Accessibility Change Proposal Status
HTMLWG Issue Change Proposal Next Action Deadline Responsible HTMLWG Bugs Related Wiki Pages
ISSUE 9 video-accessibility
  1. Media Subgroup's External Text Associations
  2. Media Subgroup's Multitrack Media API
None. Not applicable. ISSUE-9 closed by amicable consent - March 4, 2011 Not applicable Media Bugs Multimedia Accessibility <Audio> <Video>, Media Sub Group, Media Accessibility User Requirements
ISSUE 30 longdesc
  1. Laura's Proposal to reopen Issue 30
  2. Leif's Issue 30 Change Proposal: <a longdesc=link>
  3. Jonas' Keep the longdesc attribute for the img element deprecated Proposal
  4. Matt Turvey's Keep Longdesc Non-Conforming Proposal
  5. Chaal's original longdesc Change Proposal
  6. Ian's original longdesc Counter Proposal
  7. Ian's original longdesc Counter Proposal (update)
  8. Maciej's longdesc Counter Proposal
Evaluate Change Proposals Not applicable HTML Chairs None Verbose Descriptor Requirements, Research: longdesc
ISSUE 31 missing-alt Appeal, object, formally object, request reopening, or accept decision. Not applicable. Not applicable

Bug 8171(Dependency tree for Bug 8171), Bug 9218, Bug 9217, Bug 9216, Bug 9215, Bug 9214, Bug 9213, Bug 9212, Bug 8827, Bug 8716, Bug 8646, Bug 7362, Bug 6496,

Bug 6494,
Short Text Alternatives on img
ISSUE 32 table-summary
  1. Josh's Reinstate the table summary attribute as a fully conforming part of HTML 5
  2. Cynthia's Table Summary and related accessibility features
  3. Cynthia's Details element as a replacement for summary attribute
  4. Wendy's CellAPIForTable
  5. Laura's Make the table summary attribute valid and conforming
  6. Leif's table captions and table summaries
  7. Leif's media independent way to provide table info in the caption element
  8. Gregory's Change summary from an attribute to an element
  9. Ian's Change proposal for ISSUE-32
Appeal, object, formally object, request reopening, or accept decision. Not applicable. ISSUE-32 Decision - March 4, 2011. Any working group member Bug 7633, Bug 7539 Mechanism to Summarize a Table
ISSUE 66 image-analysis
  1. Matt's Remove Image Heuristics Paragraph from img Element Section
  2. Ian's No change image heuristics counter proposal
  3. Ian's Be more explicit about potential repair techniques
Not applicable. ISSUE-66 Decision is in accord with task force recommendation. Not applicable. ISSUE-66 Decision - June 1, 2010 Not applicable. Bug 9233 None.
ISSUE 74 canvas-accessibility
  1. Chaals' Don't use adom, improve image maps
  2. Steve and Rich's Provide accessibility implementation information for focus rectangle and caret
  3. Steve and Rich's Provide a method for canvas subtree to be hidden from all users
Not applicable.

Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-74 canvas-accessibility and ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap - December 14, 2010

Not applicable. Bug 7011, Bug 7404, Bug 7740, Bug 8661, Bug 8722 canvas Element Accessibility Issues
ISSUE-80 title-alternative
  1. Do not consider the title attribute as a possible conforming source for caption information for an image that lacks a text alternative (version 2)
  2. (Steve's Change Proposal to Re-open ISSUE-80) Do not consider the title attribute as a possible source for caption information for an image that lacks a text alternative
  3. Leif's (Re-open) @title is only a last resort source for text alternative repair - authors must not rely on such behavior
  4. Steve's original title Change Proposal
  5. Ian's original Null change proposal for ISSUE-80
  6. Ian's original Change proposals for ISSUE-31 and ISSUE-80
Appeal, object, formally object, request reopening, or accept decision. Not applicable. Not applicable. Bug 5807, Bug 7362 None.
ISSUE-85 ARIA anchor-roles
  1. Steve's Allow the a element to have ARIA role attribute values other than link
  2. Ian's Don't allow people to use ARIA to write inaccessible documents.
Not applicable. Not applicable. ISSUE-85 Closed by amicable consensus. October 21, 2010 Not applicable. Bug 8000, Bug 9871, Bug 9872, Bug 9936 None.
ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap Add usemap attribute to the canvas element Not applicable. Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-74 canvas-accessibility and ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap - December 14, 2010 Not applicable. Bug 9061 None.
ISSUE-109 aria-section-title
  1. Steve's "Change the title of the WAI-ARIA section of the HTML5 spec and provide advice about ARIA scope"
  2. Ian's Change proposal for ISSUE-109
Not applicable. Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-109 aria-section-title - March 7, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 9437 None.
ISSUE 116: text-alternative
  1. Steve's "Specification of authoring conformance requirments in HTML5"
Not applicable. Not applicable. ISSUE-116 Closed by amicable consensus September 16, 2010 Not applicable. Bug 9845 None.
ISSUE 122: Text alternative (Shallot example expanded)
  1. Steve's "'alt text and description for Lady of Shalott example' change proposal"
  2. Laura's Defer Thematic and Presentational Examples to WCAG
  3. Gregory's Change Proposal: Purely Decorative Images (Section 4.8.1.1.7)
Not applicable. Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-122 March 29, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 9077, Bug 9081 None.
ISSUE 129: aria-mapping
  1. Steve's ARIA in HTML5 replace current text of section 3.2.6
  2. Ians's Change Proposal for ISSUE-129
Not applicable. Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-129 aria-mapping February 28, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 10066, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444, Bug 10444 None.
ISSUE 130: table-layout
  1. Rich's Allow tables to be used for presentational purposes
  2. Doug Jones' Disallow tables to be used for presentational purposes
  3. Ian's Objections against CP for ISSUE-130
Not applicable. Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-130: table-layout - March 10, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 10963 None.
ISSUE 131: caret-location-API
  1. Rich's Revised Caret Selection Proposal
  2. Rich's Modify existing Canvas 2D API caret and focus ring support to drive screen magnification
  3. Ians's ISSUE-131 counter proposal
  4. Rich's Modify existing Canvas 2D API focus ring and text baseline support to drive screen magnification
Not applicable. Not applicable. Working Group Decision on ISSUE-131: caret-location-api - April 11, 2011. Final decision on Issue-131 - May 10, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 11239, Bug 11240, Bug 11241, Bug 11242 None.
ISSUE 133: Add a modal attribute Any working group member may write a change proposal August 6, 2011 HTML Chairs Bug 10645 None.
ISSUE 134: tab-states Not applicable Not applicable. ISSUE-134 closed by amicable consent - July 13, 2011 Not applicable Bug 10831 None.
ISSUE 135: link-canvas-spec Steve's Add link to Canvas 2d context spec Not applicable. ISSUE-135 link-canvas-spec CLOSED by amicable consent - March 20, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 10921 None.
ISSUE-142 poster-alt
  1. John's Introduce a new <firstframe> element as a child element of <video>
  2. Philip's No Poster Alt
Appeal, object, formally object, request reopening, or accept decision. Decision on 142 poster-alt March 29, 2011 Any working group member Bug 10642 None.
ISSUE-146 video-content-muted Philllip's <video muted> Proposal Not applicable. ISSUE-146 Closed by Amicable Consensus March 19, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 10419 None.
ISSUE-152: multitrack-media-resources
  1. Frank Oliver's Audio Track Selection for Media Element By Frank Oliver, February, 22, 2011
  2. Ian's Proposal for Audio and Video Track Selection and Synchronisation for Media Elements
  3. Sean Hayes' Change proposal for issue-152
  4. Eric and Silvia's Change proposal for issue-152
? ? Issue Closed Bug 9452 None.
ISSUE-157: image-map-spec None. Not applicable. ISSUE-157 image-map-spec closed without prejudice Not applicable. Bug 10482 None.
ISSUE-158: object-content-model None. Not applicable. ISSUE-158 object-content-model closed without prejudice No change proposals were received. Not applicable. Bug 9428, Bug 9657 None.
ISSUE-160: menuless-commands None. Not applicable. ISSUE-160 menuless-commands closed without prejudice No change proposals were received. Not applicable. Bug 8673 None.
ISSUE-161: accessibility-api-mapping Steve's Change proposal for issue 161 Not applicable. ISSUE-161 accessibility-api-mapping closed by Amicable Resolution April 2, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 9326, Bug 10463, Bug 10900, None.
ISSUE-163: navigating-tracks None. Not applicable. ISSUE-163 navigating-tracks closed without prejudice July 5, 2011 Not applicable. Bug 10693 None.
ISSUE-182: footnote-recommendation Steve's Change proposal for issue 182 Not applicable. February 16, 2012 Not applicable. Bug 13650 None.
ISSUE-190: coding-example Steve's Change proposal for issue 190 Not applicable. February 21, 2012 Not applicable. Bug 14937 None.
ISSUE-193: inaccessible-example Steve's Change proposal for issue 193 Not applicable. February 15, 2012 Steve Faulkner Bug 13023 None.
ISSUE-194: full-transcript None. Write a Proposal February 15, 2012 John Foliot Bug 12964 None.
ISSUE-199: aria-processing None. Write a Proposal February 16, 2012 Cynthia Shelly, ARIA sub-team facilitator Bug 11891, Bug 11892, Bug 11893 None.
ISSUE-200: legend-placement None. Write a Proposal February 16, 2012 Any Working Group Member Bug 12834 None.
ISSUE-201: canvas-fallback None. Write a Proposal February 16, 2012 Any Working Group Member Bug 13176, Bug 13181 None.
ISSUE-202: figcaption-words None. Write a Proposal February 16, 2012 Judy Brewer Bug 13651 None.
ISSUE-203: media-descriptions None. Write a Proposal February 17, 2012 Any Working Group Member Bug 12228, Bug 12794 None.

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