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Results of Questionnaire ACT TF - Rule Review: HTML has lang attribute

The results of this questionnaire are available to anybody. In addition, answers are sent to the following email addresses: team-wcag-act-surveys@w3.org,maryjom@us.ibm.com,wilco.fiers@deque.com

This questionnaire was open from 2020-02-07 to 2020-02-13.

6 answers have been received.

Jump to results for question:

  1. Instructions
  2. Consistency with ACT Rules Format
  3. Rule assumptions
  4. Implementation data
  5. Consistent with WCAG
  6. Remaining open issues
  7. Other questions or concerns
  8. Readiness for publishing

1. Instructions

Review the rule HTML has lang attribute and answer the questions in this survey. This rule has been reviewed before and Issue 419 details the comments from the previous survey and their resolutions.

NOTE: Pull request 1106 "Adjust definition of valid language subtag" is still open awaiting the ACT-R final call which closes on Friday 14 Feb.

If there are issues with the rule, you may either open an issue in GitHub or provide details in the entry fields for the applicable question.

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
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Responder Instructions
Jonathan Avila
Wilco Fiers
Trevor Bostic
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð
Kathy Eng
Mary Jo Mueller

2. Consistency with ACT Rules Format

Does the rule follow the ACT Rules Format 1.0?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 6
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below.
I don't know. My questions are documented below.

Details

Responder Consistency with ACT Rules FormatComments
Jonathan Avila Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Trevor Bostic Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Kathy Eng Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes

3. Rule assumptions

Are the assumptions acceptable?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 6
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below.
I don't know. My questions are documented below.

Details

Responder Rule assumptionsComments
Jonathan Avila Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes I think the assumption should be clarified. This isn't a blocker though.
Trevor Bostic Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Kathy Eng Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes

4. Implementation data

Is the implementation data correct?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 4
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below.
I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. 2

Details

Responder Implementation dataComments
Jonathan Avila Yes
Wilco Fiers I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. The axe-core result is partially consistent. Would like to know the opinion of the group on this. I don't think that should block this rule though.
Trevor Bostic Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Kathy Eng Yes Suggest adding <html lang="123"></html> as a pass example since this rule checks only that lang attribute is non-empty and not whitespace.
Mary Jo Mueller I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below. I think this question is more for implementers to verify their results are correct in the rule. To Wilco's question, as long as there is one implementation with results that are the expected results it is fine. To Kathy's point, I don't think it's necessary to have a second test case with an invalid, but not empty lang value - Pass Example 1 with lang='en' is sufficient, as it is a non-empty value.

5. Consistent with WCAG

Is the rule consistent with existing WCAG documents?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes 6
No. I have opened an issue in GitHub or have documented my comments below.
I don't know. My questions or comments are documented below.

Details

Responder Consistent with WCAGComments
Jonathan Avila Yes
Wilco Fiers Yes
Trevor Bostic Yes
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes
Kathy Eng Yes
Mary Jo Mueller Yes

6. Remaining open issues

Are there any remaining open issues for this rule that were opened prior to this review?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes there are open issues that need to be resolved. I have listed them below.
Yes, there are open issues but they don't need to be resolved for the rule to be published.
No, there are no open issues. 6

Details

Responder Remaining open issuesComments
Jonathan Avila No, there are no open issues.
Wilco Fiers No, there are no open issues.
Trevor Bostic No, there are no open issues.
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð No, there are no open issues.
Kathy Eng No, there are no open issues.
Mary Jo Mueller No, there are no open issues.

7. Other questions or concerns

Do you have any further questions or concerns about this rule?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes, I have questions or concerns, described below. 1
No, I have no further questions or concerns. 5

Details

Responder Other questions or concernsComments
Jonathan Avila No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Wilco Fiers No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Trevor Bostic No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð No, I have no further questions or concerns.
Kathy Eng Yes, I have questions or concerns, described below. Regarding axe-core result is partially consistent, I also wouldn't hold up a rule if an implementation is partially consistent. However, if 3 is the required number of implementations, this one does not have enough yet.
Mary Jo Mueller No, I have no further questions or concerns.

8. Readiness for publishing

Do you think this rule is ready to be published?

Summary

ChoiceAll responders
Results
Yes, it is ready to publish as-is. 5
Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. 1
No, it is not ready to publish and the reason is documented below.

Details

Responder Readiness for publishingComments
Jonathan Avila Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Wilco Fiers Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Trevor Bostic Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Kasper Isager Dalsgarð Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.
Kathy Eng Yes, it is ready to publish with the following changes. more implementations if minimum is not met
Mary Jo Mueller Yes, it is ready to publish as-is.

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Non-responders

The following persons have not answered the questionnaire:

  1. Katie Haritos-Shea
  2. David MacDonald
  3. Romain Deltour
  4. Alastair Campbell
  5. Detlev Fischer
  6. Chris Loiselle
  7. Rachael Bradley Montgomery
  8. Charles Adams
  9. Daniel Montalvo
  10. Helen Burge
  11. Todd Libby
  12. Thomas Brunet
  13. Catherine Droege
  14. Suji Sreerama
  15. Shane Dittmar
  16. Nayan Padrai
  17. Sage Keriazes
  18. Shunguo Yan

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