IRC log of html-a11y on 2010-07-28

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22:02:51 [janina]
zakim, this will be WAI_PFWG(A11Y)
22:02:51 [Zakim]
ok, janina, I see WAI_PFWG(A11Y)6:00PM already started
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zakim, call janina
22:02:58 [Zakim]
ok, janina; the call is being made
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+Janina
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22:04:12 [janina]
zakim, who's here?
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On the phone I see Judy, John_Foliot, Janina
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On IRC I see JF, RRSAgent, Zakim, janina, silvia, trackbot
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+Plh
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+ +61.2.801.2.aaaa
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zakim, aaaa is Silvia
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+Silvia; got it
22:08:23 [janina]
Meeting: HTML-A11Y telecon
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Chair: John_Foliot
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agenda: this
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agenda+ Identify Scribe
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agenda+ Actions Review http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/actions/open
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agenda+ Summary--User Requirements and Technical Implications
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agenda+ Starting a Technical Gap Analysis
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agenda+ next meetings, confirm date/time, choose scribe
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agenda+ be done
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22:08:56 [silvia]
1. Action Item Review
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http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/actions/open
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scribe: silvia
22:11:09 [silvia]
judy: can we pick up an action item for pairs of people to do edits to the requirements document
22:11:22 [silvia]
… I have a few more edits to do in the next few days
22:12:52 [silvia]
silvia: I have edited all of the items that Sean and I had to do
22:13:03 [silvia]
… only the extended captions section could do with a group discussion
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… to have a better grasp on what features we need
22:13:43 [silvia]
JF: we have discussed it over the last weeks on the calls, though the minutes may not have everythings
22:14:23 [silvia]
Janina: I think we have discussed extended descriptions, but not extended captions
22:14:38 [silvia]
Judy: let's add it to the agenda
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Janina: can do after action item 2
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JF: Eric and my feedback still has to go into the wiki
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2. Summary--User Requirements and Technical Implications
22:17:30 [silvia]
Janina: review the summary that Janina posted
22:18:18 [silvia]
… maybe lets discuss the use case for extended captioning first
22:18:26 [silvia]
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Media_Accessibility_Requirements#Extended_Time-aligned_Text_Cues
22:19:03 [Judy]
q+
22:21:02 [Judy]
q+ to contemplate the interpretation of this new title of the requirements
22:22:01 [silvia]
silvia: it is now called extended time-aligned text cues and not any more extended captioning
22:23:00 [silvia]
… the idea behind it is to allow people that have slower reading speed and need more explanation about the captions to get this information from the stream
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… things like pausing at the end of a cue to catch up on reading
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… and having links to abbreviation explanations etc
22:24:08 [silvia]
Janina: this should be something that should be available to normal captions, too
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… I don't see it necessary to have it separate
22:24:41 [silvia]
Judy: the title needs to be reformulated - "cue"s are more like events and not captions
22:25:59 [silvia]
JF: I actually like the idea of removing the word "caption" because the use cases go far beyond just caption users
22:26:29 [silvia]
Judy: we haven't removed the general caption section, so that may be ok
22:27:37 [silvia]
Judy: literacy level of hearing and vision impaired people in comparison to the general population is very different in different countries
22:27:52 [silvia]
Janina: it's not necessary to talk about this in the document
22:28:09 [silvia]
JF: it's not a technical issue
22:29:37 [silvia]
Janina: if the distinction between captions and this section has to do with more extra content beyond dialog, I'm not sure it's necessary
22:30:32 [silvia]
… pause content & review is a need
22:30:40 [silvia]
… hyperlinks is a need
22:31:17 [Judy]
q+
22:31:33 [Judy]
q-
22:33:08 [silvia]
silvia: there is a separate section for these extensions because there is new functionality that is not traditionally understood under the keyword "caption"
22:34:06 [silvia]
Janina: I don't see that we need a different file format for this
22:34:33 [silvia]
JF: no, we don't need a new file format for this, but we need extra functionality
22:36:36 [silvia]
Janina: it doesn't change the timeline, it just introduces pauses
22:36:46 [silvia]
Judy: let's not get bogged down into too much detail
22:37:28 [silvia]
… maybe we need to have an offline discussion on this
22:38:02 [silvia]
JF: I believe we're at the point where we wanted to do a review of Janina's technical requirements document
22:38:08 [janina]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Jul/0126.html
22:38:10 [silvia]
s/document/email/
22:39:28 [silvia]
Janina: in the process of discussing in recent weeks, I came up with these terms
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JF: are there any holes?
22:40:44 [silvia]
Janina: I am becoming strongly convinced that extended captions and captions are the same file
22:40:58 [silvia]
… other than that I think we are complete
22:41:29 [Judy]
q+
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JF: are we at the point where the requirements document can be sent up the foodchain?
22:41:47 [Judy]
q+ to address John's question
22:42:00 [silvia]
… do we need to make this email a more formal document?
22:42:46 [silvia]
Judy: it would be good to get feedback from those not in the meeting
22:42:58 [silvia]
… also, we should look at the different format options
22:43:23 [silvia]
… we had laied out last week what comes next
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JF: we said that once we were happy about the requirements doc, we would take another look at the technical implications
22:44:32 [silvia]
… discuss XML formats
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… discuss streaming implications
22:46:37 [Judy]
judy confirms that we still have user requirement edits to complete.
22:46:45 [JF]
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Media_Accessibility_Requirements#Extended_Time-aligned_Text_Cues
22:48:30 [silvia]
silvia: to some extend we need to finish editing the user requirements before we can specify the detailed technical requirements
22:51:52 [silvia]
… Janina's email is a great summary document on the technical conclusions
22:52:02 [silvia]
.. it would be good to turn that into a document in the wiki, too
22:52:37 [silvia]
… in addition, we can go through the user requirements document and add some small technical conclusions on each requirement
22:53:26 [silvia]
Judy: I'm hoping we can get the details in the wiki asap we can move forward with discussions on file format
22:55:17 [silvia]
silvia: what makes this even more urgent is that Ian has now included a file format and media a11y solution into the HTML5 spec
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… even if the file format is only in the WHATWG spec - it has had influence on the general solution
22:56:07 [silvia]
JF: timeline and milestones are indeed important
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… but we need to answer the open questions
22:57:15 [silvia]
Janina: if I understand silvia correctly, it makes sense to put a bit more effort into the requirements document to have the individual requirements in the document
22:59:40 [silvia]
silvia: I don't think it's much extra effort - we have discussed all of these details already
23:00:37 [silvia]
… as I was editing the wiki and included the feedback from the questionnaire, I have included technical notes underneath the individual user requirements to give better understanding to technical people what the user needs actually mean
23:00:46 [Zakim]
-Plh
23:01:10 [silvia]
… this doesn't need a new document, but just dense notes underneath the individual user requirements
23:01:36 [silvia]
… but an extra document that captures the high-level technical conclusions that Janina has summarised would be good
23:02:13 [silvia]
JF: Eric and I have been discussing the technical consequences of the user requirements, too
23:02:27 [silvia]
… we should indeed put the summary page into the wiki
23:02:40 [silvia]
Janina: anyone against including the summary page into the wiki?
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… I'm in favor of it and I hope we can pull this all together real soon
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JF: I'll create the wiki page
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3. Starting a Technical Gap Analysis
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JF: do we want to spend the next 25 min on this?
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silvia: what do we mean by "technical gap analysis"? does it mean we compare the current HTML5 spec with our requirements to identify gaps?
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JF: yes, probably
23:19:27 [Judy]
q+
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general discussion about approach
23:20:48 [silvia]
… it seems the group agrees to discourage browser vendors at this stage from implementing anything
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… we as a group need to do a good analysis of what is being proposed
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… we as a group also need to analyse alternatives of what is being proposed
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… we should also invite others to explain how the current spec is meeting our user requirements
23:26:42 [silvia]
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Video_Text_Format <- is an alternative format that I am playing with
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https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Video_Text_Format_Comparison
23:27:33 [Judy]
ack j
23:27:33 [Zakim]
Judy, you wanted to address John's question and to
23:30:11 [Judy]
q+
23:31:30 [silvia]
silvia: I've been experimenting with the above format and comparing to other options to find out about advantages/disadvantages
23:31:51 [Judy]
q+ to contemplate the effects of the timing of this approach, and to think about a few things
23:31:54 [silvia]
JF: I think it's important that we can show that we are indeed looking at other options
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silvia: also note there is a new subtitling format in development in the subtitling community called AS6
23:42:50 [Judy]
judy will get back to wrap up of user requirement edits, to finish that
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JF: ongoing action items for user requirements edits
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… new wiki page to add with summary on technical requirements
23:44:29 [Zakim]
-John_Foliot
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-Judy
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-Janina
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-Silvia
23:44:35 [Zakim]
WAI_PFWG(A11Y)6:00PM has ended
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Attendees were Judy, John_Foliot, Janina, Plh, +61.2.801.2.aaaa, Silvia
23:44:42 [janina]
zakim, bye
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23:44:57 [janina]
rrsagent, make log public
23:45:05 [janina]
rrsagent, make minutes
23:45:05 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/07/28-html-a11y-minutes.html janina
23:45:20 [janina]
OK!
23:45:25 [janina]
Thanks, Silvia!
23:45:46 [janina]
let me try again ...
23:45:52 [janina]
rrsagent, make log public
23:46:01 [janina]
rrsagent, make minutes
23:46:01 [RRSAgent]
I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2010/07/28-html-a11y-minutes.html janina
23:46:08 [silvia]
thanks a lot, Janina!
23:46:22 [janina]
Anytime.
23:46:35 [janina]
They come up public for me now