- From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:23:04 -0500
- To: redux@splintered.co.uk, WAI-ua <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Patrick, we need some technical help. at question is GL 4.1 http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2011/ED-UAAG20-20110609/#gl-AT-access we have 4.1.4 which covers devices with DOMs... 4.1.4 Programmatic Availability of DOMs: If the user agent implements one or more DOMs, they must be made programmatically available to assistive technologies. (Level A) we also have 4.1.5 which was intended to be technology agnostic, non-DOM oriented. It describes most things a DOM would do. the question is do we need it? Does this really add anything beyond 4.1.1 and 4.1.2? see after 4.1.5. We are not sure. Your thoughts, please. 4.1.5 Access: If a User Agent keeps an internal representation of the user content in terms of element structure, relationships between elements, element meaning, or some combination thereof, it must expose this internal representation via an appropriate means (normally by using the platform accessibility architecture or a programmatically available DOM) (Level A) . If a platform that does not support a platform accessibility API like MSAA, and thus 4.1.1 does not apply, 4.1.2 would require the UA to expose information about each element, but would not require it to expose information about relationships between them such as any *order*. 4.1.5 would do that. 4.1.1 Platform Accessibility Architecture: Support a platform accessibility architecture relevant to the operating environment. (Level A) 4.1.2 Name, Role, State, Value, Description: For all user interface components including user interface, rendered content, generated content, and alternative content, make available the name, role, state, value, and description via a platform accessibility architecture. (Level A) 4.1.3 Accessible Alternative: If a component of the user agent user interface cannot be exposed through the platform accessibility architecture, then provide an equivalent alternative that is exposed through the platform accessibility architecture. (Level A) thanks to Greg L for some the notes in irc -- Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator & Webmaster Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
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