- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:47:41 -0600
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Cc: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Silvia, The change directly implements half of Jonas' longdesc proposal. Best Regards, Laura On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Laura, > > I don't quite understand why that change is a problem. It expresses > something that is already codified in ARIA and thus just brings it in > line with another W3C spec. Also, it has no direct relationship to the > longdesc issue, it just rectifies the use of aria-describedby with > hidden text. longdesc has a very different purpose to > aria-describedby. > > Therefore, I don't see how this circumvented a WG process. > > Regards, > Silvia. > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Laura Carlson > <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Sam, Paul, and Maciej, >> >> As you know the editor made changes to the hidden section [1]. This >> biases an open issue [2] as it directly implements a material change >> from a change proposal [3]. The Chairs specifically asked for >> justification for this change in their change proposal review [4]. If >> the proposal lacks justification, then the spec lacks justification. >> >> I request that working group process not be bypassed and circumvented >> and that the change be reverted until such time as the issue is fairly >> heard and openly decided. >> >> Thank you for your consideration. >> >> Best Regards, >> Laura >> >> [1] http://html5.org/r/6895 >> [2] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/30 >> [3] http://tinyurl.com/82rf7vq >> [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Dec/0182.html >> >> -- >> Laura L. Carlson >> -- Laura L. Carlson
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