14:59:01 RRSAgent has joined #wai-wcag 14:59:01 logging to http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-irc 14:59:07 zakim, who is on the phone? 14:59:07 sorry, Joshue, I don't know what conference this is 14:59:08 On IRC I see RRSAgent, Zakim, David, korn, AWK_, Joshue, MichaelC, trackbot 14:59:21 zakim, this is WCAG 14:59:21 ok, Joshue; that matches WAI_WCAG()11:00AM 14:59:28 zakim, who is on the phone? 14:59:28 On the phone I see [Adobe], David_MacDonald, [IPcaller], Peter_Korn 14:59:37 zakim, [IPCaller] is Joshue 14:59:37 +Joshue; got it 14:59:38 meeting: WCAG 14:59:51 Chair: Andrew Kirkpatrick 15:00:11 scribe: joshue 15:00:15 +??P14 15:00:32 +Bruce_Bailey 15:00:34 zakim, mute me 15:00:34 Joshue should now be muted 15:00:58 agenda + WCAG review of Techniques Task Force: ARIA techniques for 21st June 15:00:58 2013: https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/ARIATechs_June21_2013/ 15:00:59 regrets: Kerstin Probiesch 15:01:07 agenda + Continuing Institutional Memory Collection for SC 1.1.1: 15:01:07 https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/20120716_im/ 15:02:42 Zakim, save agenda 15:02:49 ok, AWK_, the agenda has been written to http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-agenda.rdf 15:03:32 AWK: Lets give folks a min. 15:03:53 scribe: Joshue 15:04:23 agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2013JulSep/0025.html 15:04:34 regrets: Kerstin_Probiesch 15:04:53 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-minutes.html MichaelC 15:05:21 AWK: Ok, lets take up item 1 15:05:26 zakim, take up item 1 15:05:26 agendum 1. "WCAG review of Techniques Task Force: ARIA techniques for 21st June" taken up [from Joshue] 15:05:45 AWK: Theres the link 15:06:24 AWK: Last week we did one, the first. I'd like to firstly look at the unanimous ones 5,6, 7. 15:06:35 AWK: Any objection to taking them up as proposed? 15:06:44 Loretta has joined #WAI-WCAG 15:06:57 AWK: Hearing none, alright. 15:07:41 ACCEPTED AS PROPOSED: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_a_WAI-ARIA_role_to_expose_the_role_of_a_user_interface_component 15:08:01 ACCEPTED AS PROPOSED: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_WAI-ARIA_state_and_property_attributes_to_expose_the_state_of_a_user_interface_component 15:08:08 AWK: Lets discuss 7 15:08:22 AWK: Lets take up number 2. 15:08:31 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_aria-label 15:09:02 AWK: We have some questions, Lorettas not on the call. Comment number 3 and then comments on programmatic association? 15:09:16 AWK: Last week did we decide that programmatic association was ok? 15:09:31 PK: I thought we liked the phrase but didn't want to suggest it was a quote etc. 15:09:47 PK: My fave was to make it a proper quote and use the term. 15:09:53 DMacD: Please explain? 15:10:40 rrsagent, make log world 15:10:41 +James_Nurthen 15:10:45 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-minutes.html MichaelC 15:10:57 PK: We could say this is programmatic association.. but not quote them out.. we may say this 'programmatic association of x with y' may mean programmatic determination so by doing this you are achieving the same objective. 15:11:29 jamesn has joined #wai-wcag 15:11:37 15:11:47 rrsagent, make minutes 15:11:47 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-minutes.html jamesn 15:12:12 AWK: It looks like on last week, we just took out the quote.. 15:12:17 AWK: So thats it. 15:12:38 PK: That fine too.. but its just not, to quote Gregg, a teachable moment.. 15:12:41 AWK: Ok 15:13:02 Loretta has joined #WAI-WCAG 15:13:08 AWK: 15:13:33 +hhalpin 15:14:02 AWK: So in keep with what we did last week, we should probably remove the 'quoted' sentence. 15:14:51 15:15:27 AWK: Is there text on the page? 15:15:53 15:16:15 AWK has joined #wai-wcag 15:16:34 AWK: Thats the sentence Peter.. 15:17:01 JN: What about to provide a text label on an option such as a button? 15:17:04 AWK: Sure 15:17:12 AWK: What do others think? 15:17:25 DMacD: I'm not sure we're gaining much by taking it out. 15:17:49 JN: I don't like this, its an accessible name not an accessible description. 15:17:59 DMacD: Agrees 15:18:07 JN: What would we call this? 15:18:12 DMacD: A label. 15:18:16 Kathy has joined #wai-wcag 15:18:24 AWK: Resolving the first sentence will make the second easier. 15:18:27 How about: The purpose of this technique is to provide a label for objects that can be read by assistive technology. 15:18:39 + +1.978.443.aaaa 15:18:39 JN: So it's purpose is to provide a label for AT.. 15:18:49 zakim, aaaa is me 15:18:49 +Kathy; got it 15:18:58 15:19:29 second sentence: The aria-label attribute provides the text label for an object, such as a button. 15:19:35 JN: Updates the wiki with text. 15:20:08 AWK: It's a quibble, I would say the label is provided 'for' the object.. 15:20:16 JN: Ok sure. 15:20:19 JN: Sounds fine. 15:20:40 AWK: Can everyone see the wiki? 15:20:54 KW: I'm sorry, what are you guys talking about? 15:20:58 KW: Thanks 15:21:52 DMacD: Are the first couple of sentences redundant? Repetative? 15:22:01 AWK: Right 15:22:21 KW: In example 1, the ARIA label we should make sure that we don't have the word navigation there. 15:22:48 AWK: 15:23:12 DMacD: 15:23:26 KW: 15:23:35 DMacD: Ok 15:23:40 JN: Is there a gain? 15:23:57 zakim, unmute me 15:23:57 Joshue should no longer be muted 15:23:58 +q 15:24:22 zakim, mute me 15:24:22 Joshue should now be muted 15:24:29 JOC: I agree with Kathy. 15:24:37 AWK: Not there yet 15:24:48 KW: Add the word main. 15:25:03 DMacD: I'm concerned about the use of main, as its a role. 15:25:06 KW: Primary? 15:25:17 JOC: I agree with DMacD 15:25:40 DMacD: We need to get this right. I'll test. 15:25:53 JN: It would be better if we were more specific. 15:26:13 zakim, unmute me 15:26:13 Joshue should no longer be muted 15:26:16 +q 15:27:22 ack me 15:27:37 JOC: These are generic examples for correct use of aria-label IMO 15:27:45 s/generic/too generic 15:28:01 DMacD: Yes, maybe it is better to have it less generic. 15:28:44 JOC: A more specifi example would be better. 15:29:00 s/specifi/specific 15:29:24 KW: I'd also change the IDs, left nav, right nav.. etc 15:29:31 AWK: Or give them generic names.. 15:29:35 Who is voluntering to improve the example? 15:29:47 JN: Lets give it a generic example.. 15:29:56 15:30:37 JN: How about removing the IDs? 15:30:54 AWK: I was talking about the ARIA labelled one.. 15:30:59 JN: We don't want main.. 15:31:18 AWK: Yes 15:31:36 15:31:45 AWK: So James the IDs aren't necessary? 15:31:53 JN: Yes, so I'd chop them. 15:32:30 KW: 15:32:43 JN: Putting in links makes this so much longer.. 15:33:55 +Ryladog 15:34:44 Ryladog has joined #wai-wcag 15:35:03 15:35:18 www.davidmacd.com/test/arialabel.html 15:35:24 DMacD: I like this. 15:35:35 AWK: Are we happy? Is anyone unhappy with this? 15:35:52 AWK: Ok, we're done with example 1. 15:36:03 zakim, mute me 15:36:03 Joshue should now be muted 15:36:10 AWK: Loretta did have a comment 15:36:25 JN: I've adressed that 15:36:43 KW: Should we say portlet? 15:36:51 JN: It is a term thats used? 15:37:21 DMacD: The Math ML example works great. 15:38:05 KW: If you have Math player installed you may get different results. 15:39:32 15:40:30 15:40:36 zakim, mute me 15:40:36 Joshue was already muted, Joshue 15:41:09 AWK: I have a question about the MathML role, and the use of quotes. 15:41:17 JN: Does it matter? 15:41:34 DMacD: You can in HTML5 use both. 15:41:41 JN: Would look better if consistent. 15:41:51 http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#math 15:42:24 AWK: Setting aside, if this is right for Maths, we may have to leave this open.. 15:42:37 KW: This doesn't mention the aria label at all. 15:43:14 15:43:48 rrsagent, draft minutes 15:43:48 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-minutes.html Joshue 15:44:08 15:44:52 AWK: Can we resolve example 3? 15:45:08 AWK: Is there an appropriate use of aria-label? 15:45:22 JN: It seems be appropriate based on the ARIA spec. 15:45:27 DMacD: Yes. 15:45:48 KW: But if you had Math player what would happen? 15:45:58 DMacD: I can test this. 15:46:07 JN: They need to start to cope with this. 15:46:23 AWK: David is testing.. 15:46:37 JN: Is using times rather than x.. 15:46:51 KW: It should be equivalent to what MathMl would do.. 15:47:02 s/MathMl/MathML 15:47:34 JN: Each player could do this in a different way. 15:47:40 zakim, unmute me 15:47:40 Joshue should no longer be muted 15:48:04 +q to agree that we shouldn't just focus on how one UA parses an example. 15:48:21 BB: It comes up in discussion a lot.. 15:48:36 -q 15:48:42 zakim, mute me 15:48:42 Joshue should now be muted 15:49:25 15:50:49 AWK: Loretta has a question about the procedure 15:51:39 JN: Is it appropriate to use aria-label or a label on the page instead. 15:52:13 LGR: We fail someone for aria-label but they could have used some thing else? 15:52:20 -Peter_Korn 15:52:28 15:52:30 korn has left #wai-wcag 15:53:07 +q there is still confusion about when to use aria-label, vs labelledby etc 15:53:15 +q to say there is still confusion about when to use aria-label, vs labelledby etc 15:53:20 -q 15:53:40 15:53:45 zakim unmute me 15:53:56 +q 15:54:46 LGR: We don't want to fail people. 15:54:51 JOC: Agreed. 15:55:04 AWK: Is there anything that we do want to fail use of aria-label on? 15:55:12 DMacD: Its quite agressive. 15:55:23 JN: Thats what it's supposed to do. 15:55:39 AWK: Are there cases? 15:56:11 +q to say we need to have a discussion about how and where incorrect use of ARIA would result in failures. 15:56:30 ack me 15:56:31 Joshue, you wanted to say we need to have a discussion about how and where incorrect use of ARIA would result in failures. 15:57:53 zakim, mute me 15:57:53 Joshue should now be muted 15:58:32 JOC: Developers aren't as familiar as the experts here on how ARIA impacts on the user experience, we need to be careful of the message we give. 15:58:46 15:59:19 http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#textalternativecomputation 15:59:40 AWK: I'm hearing we should get rid of procedure, item number 2.. ask people to review the hierarchy in the ARIA spec so they are aware of the order that ARIA label content would be read. 15:59:43 JOC: +1 15:59:44 Ryladog has joined #wai-wcag 15:59:51 AWK: Is that easy 16:00:02 LGR: 16:00:10 s/agreees/agrees 16:00:10 +1 16:00:32 KW: I can test it. 16:00:36 AWK: Thats great. 16:01:04 LGR: The first step isn't something that can be true.. 16:01:05 marcjohlic has joined #wai-wcag 16:01:06 JN: OK 16:01:30 +Marc_Johlic 16:01:38 AWK: Last week we discussed the title.. 16:02:08 JN: It seems similar to me.. 16:02:40 http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/states_and_properties#aria-label 16:02:54 f the label text is visible on screen, authors SHOULD use aria-labelledby and SHOULD NOT use aria-label. 16:03:12 sf/if 16:03:38 s/f /if 16:04:42 AWK: What we want is h44? 16:04:45 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H44.html 16:04:51 JN: Sounds reasonable to be 16:04:59 H44: Using label elements to associate text labels with form controls 16:05:35 16:05:54 AWK: We should point to official documented heirarchy 16:06:05 JN: Yes, but it's complex 16:06:32 JN: Many won't understand and shouldn't need to read it.. 16:06:39 DMacD: Agreed. 16:07:04 JN: Devs making complex widgets should read the spec. 16:07:12 DMacD: Agreed. 16:07:28 JN: Is there anything in the application developers guide on this? Michael? 16:07:39 MC: It could be the same thing.. 16:08:16 Authors should be aware that aria-label may be disregarded by assistive technologies in situations where aria-labelledby is used for the same object. For more information on the naming hierarchy please consult the ARIA specification (http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#textalternativecomputation). 16:08:30 JOC: What about ARIA in HTML5 doc? http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-aria-in-html-20130214/ 16:09:31 zakim, unmute me 16:09:31 Joshue should no longer be muted 16:10:11 zakim, mute me 16:10:11 Joshue should now be muted 16:10:20 JN: Maybe we could ask Steve to add something. 16:10:28 JOC: Yes, good idea. 16:10:48 JN: There are subtleties. 16:11:10 AWK: Is my text ok? 16:11:13 JN: I've added it./ 16:11:47 DMacD: It's a powerful thing. 16:12:01 LGR: But the label has to be the complete description. 16:12:12 JOC: +1 to Lorettas suggestion. 16:12:26 JN: Not strictly true. 16:12:37 zakim, unmute me 16:12:37 Joshue should no longer be muted 16:13:01 Is aria-labelledby the only attribute that will override aria-label? 16:13:32 JN: You can have aria-label and aria-labelledby defined on the same element and can refer to one label as well as itself.. there are cases where this is needed. 16:13:45 JN: So there are more advanced cases. 16:13:47 JN: So there are more advanced cases. 16:13:53 zakim, mute me 16:13:53 Joshue should now be muted 16:14:01 Scribe: David 16:17:46 -Joshue 16:18:22 Authors should be aware that aria-label may be disregarded by assistive technologies in situations where aria-labelledby is used for the same object, and in general aria-label text is voiced instead of other label text, not in addition to it. 16:18:40 CW: developers think about aria label like the title attribute to add a bit more infomation or context 16:18:46 DM: Yes 16:19:01 Authors should be aware that use of aria-label will override any native naming such as alt on images or label associated with a form field using the for attribute 16:19:27 LGR: this warning could be described in the description section 16:20:32 Resolution: accepted as amended aria label 16:22:28 Topic: Using aria-label for link purpose 16:25:00 Joshue108 has joined #wai-wcag 16:28:57 +1 16:33:59 #s 4,7,8 remain on this survey. 16:34:29 -Michael_Cooper 16:34:30 -Bruce_Bailey 16:34:30 -James_Nurthen 16:34:30 -Andrew_Kirkpatrick 16:34:32 -Kathy 16:34:32 -David_MacDonald 16:34:32 -hhalpin 16:34:33 -Ryladog 16:34:34 -Marc_Johlic 16:34:35 WAI_WCAG()11:00AM has ended 16:34:35 Attendees were David_MacDonald, Peter_Korn, Joshue, Michael_Cooper, Bruce_Bailey, Andrew_Kirkpatrick, James_Nurthen, hhalpin, +1.978.443.aaaa, Kathy, Ryladog, Marc_Johlic 16:37:01 rrsagent, make minutes 16:37:01 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-minutes.html MichaelC 16:37:51 trackbot, end meeting 16:37:51 Zakim, list attendees 16:37:51 sorry, trackbot, I don't know what conference this is 16:37:59 RRSAgent, please draft minutes 16:37:59 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2013/07/23-wai-wcag-minutes.html trackbot 16:38:00 RRSAgent, bye 16:38:00 I see no action items