IRC log of silver-conf on 2021-06-03

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Meeting: Silver Conformance Options Subgroup
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Date: 3 Jun 2021
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Chair: sajkaj
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agenda?
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Agenda+ Agenda Review & Administrative Items
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agenda+ Whoville as Proxy for Views & Processes https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF#Principle_3:_Scoping_for_Primary_Purpose
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agenda+ Third Party https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF#Third_Party_Content_.28Continued.29
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agenda+ Other Business
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agenda+ Be Done
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present+
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agenda?
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Regrets: Sarah_Horton
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agenda?
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Present+
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present+
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present+
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present+
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present+
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Regrets+ Bruce Bailey
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scribe: JF
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zakim, take up next item
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agendum 1 -- Agenda Review & Administrative Items -- taken up [from sajkaj]
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JS: two items, on the agenda today
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from draft may report - outstanding from last week (Whoville use case)
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also want to return to the draft may report and review 3rd party content (edits)
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JS: there have been additional edits since last week - some more substantive than others
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JS: will we be presenting this June 21st? And can we do a preview at Silver before then?
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Jeanne: yes and yes
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zakim, next item
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agendum 2 -- Whoville as Proxy for Views & Processes https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF#Principle_3:_Scoping_for_Primary_Purpose -- taken
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... up [from sajkaj]
16:06:35 [PeterKorn]
Present+
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q+
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JS: looking at principle 3 - there are purposes to content and there may be subsidiary content on the page, that doesn't "count"
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PK: they don't count *THE SAME*
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it's not that we are ignoring issues, but they are at different 'weights'
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JS: we haven't figure that out completely, but we need to look at that - there is a note in the Draft as an open action item
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examples of Footer content being less important, or an iframe that is for mechanical (not user) reasons
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[Peter Korn reads #3]
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Q+ to ask about 'programmatic determination' (aka <aside> or similar)
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q?
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JS: trying to define primary from secondary content
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we can postulate that. But what is an acceptable definition of 'view'
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q?
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suspect that this may not work - lead to contiguous concept
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ack P
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q+
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q+
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ack JF
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JF, you wanted to ask about 'programmatic determination' (aka <aside> or similar)
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JF: determining what is primary and secondary should not be subjective. Can we use programmatic containers to help define secondary content?
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JS: Wonder if a page like this would be used that way (primary time conversion tool)
16:17:05 [jeanne]
q+ to ask if we should change this use case
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Q+
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ack P
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PK: like the idea of using a landmark (etc.) but not sure if it addresses the concern
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PK: whether it is via markup or other attestation - it is page editor who makes the determination.
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16:19:56 [jeanne]
q+ to say that feedback about subjectivity vs objectivity is related to interpreting success criteria, not choosing what page to review.
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q?
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q+
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Ack W
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ack wil
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WF: concern about how this discussion is heading. It's problematic for authors and testers to determine what is important for PwD
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q+
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it's like *us* determining what is important for you, as opposed to leaving that to the individual
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WF: I think this is an important discussion, but have grave concerns
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ack je
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jeanne, you wanted to ask if we should change this use case and to say that feedback about subjectivity vs objectivity is related to interpreting success criteria, not choosing
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ack jeanne
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... what page to review.
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Jeanne: in response to JF's assertion for more objectivity verus subjectivity - was more on ___ rather than what is important on a page.
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Think we still have the ability to have some subjective editorial impact
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Jeanne: however I think we may need to change the example - it's not clear enough, we're going into side discussions that may not be helpful
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maybe look for a better example of "some things are more important than others on a page"
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JS: Open to suggestions
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ack A
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ack JF
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Azlan: with regards to programmatically determining using markup... we should be very careful there
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example of <aside> may not be the right idea'
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Azlan: so we should tread lightly here
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ack jf
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q+
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JF: hearing Azlan's concerns - maybe instead of landmark elements Personalization's emergent "simplification" attribute
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PK: was working on a footer block, and it felt lesser than content in the <main> element
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q?
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PK: we already have a preferential 'process' - it's how we address bugs all the time (prioritization)
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ack p
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so question then becomes do we treat secondary a11y bugs with a differential process?
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i.e. if we aren't going to fix it right away [hot fix] then that says something powerful here
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q+
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JS: want to return to the topic - candidate proposal for 3rd party content, as we need to get on that ASAP
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WF: prefers we stay on this, wanted to respond to PK's comments
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ack saj
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ack wil
16:32:01 [JF]
WF: "importance" is completely relative. There may be arguments to be made on defining what is important for a 'larger group' (requires a discussion on what is important)
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for orgs, that is often what pays the bills - may not be the same 'priority for users' as for the org
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may not be fair to do
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zakim, next item
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agendum 3 -- Third Party https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/task-forces/silver/wiki/May_Report_to_the_Silver_TF#Third_Party_Content_.28Continued.29 -- taken up [from sajkaj]
16:33:16 [JF]
JS: have worked on definitions - have for 2 of the 3 categories - tried to incorporate Sarah's feedback last week
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[Peter reads aloud]
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q?
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q?
16:36:16 [jeanne]
q+ to say that we need to name it differently, so we don't go down a blackhole of legal contracts around the world. User generated vs Author arranged?
16:38:02 [JF]
Jeanne: like what we have so far. recommend we change name of categories - currently they are very 'legally' oriented, which may lead to a black hole
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so the whole legal approach is fraught with problems
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q?
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ack jea
16:38:42 [Zakim]
jeanne, you wanted to say that we need to name it differently, so we don't go down a blackhole of legal contracts around the world. User generated vs Author arranged?
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was thinking of "user generated' versus 'owner arranged'
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ack jean
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PK: not a fan of giving a perfect score to something that isn't accessible
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q?
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want to recognize that the owner has done everything they can, but it feels wrong to say that something that is perfectly accessible versus something close feels wrong
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PK: example - video with no audio descriptions. How explicit does the identification need to be?
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q?
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do those attributes need to be listed on the page, or marked "this page does not have audio description"?
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or is it enough to identify the 3rd party? specifics on implementaiton details will be important
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JS: yes and yes
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PK: one way is to be more explicit in our examples
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Q+
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q?
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q+ to say writing it up for Captions since we have a Caption guideline
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q?
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ack jf
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+1 to the suggestion of metadata
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ack jea
16:44:55 [Zakim]
jeanne, you wanted to say writing it up for Captions since we have a Caption guideline
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JF: thinking about using metadata
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We have a requirement for captions already. Automated captions versus hand-crafted could score different points
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q?
16:46:01 [ToddLibby]
+1 to metadata and writing it up for Captions as well
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q?
16:46:29 [jeanne]
+ 1 to the varients of 3rd party
16:46:48 [JF]
PK: good ideas. What needs to be worked in is the "3rd partyness" piece, and the variants of that
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JS: Peter raised a point - not giving a perfect score when 3rd party is nonconformant
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q?
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PK: a core principle for me is that we don't water down the definition of what is accessible, but rather that we bubble up things that are achievabl
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q?
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e even if it may not be perfect (and may never be)
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JS: are fractional scores acceptable?
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Jeanne: we haven't gotten there yet
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going to fractions has some issues
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q?
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PK: other thoughts on scoring, and the path forward. Reporting the issue and adding remediation info
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Q+
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it could be covered by a blanket statement
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PK: think this can be covered by crafting an example. It could be covered in a policy on the site
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q?
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ack jf
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JF: concerns about adding remediation content in a statement
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PK: the issue is whether the author has done as much as they can - no stone left unturned
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but it makes sense to me to encourage the author to pass along this information
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JF: but what is the mechanism to do that?
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JS: the bottom line is to put the responsibility where it lies
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for sites that are using 3rd party content that has issues that the site owner cannot fix
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[Peter reads more]
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JS: no ideas on how to score that, but those sound like the factors we discussed last time
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PK: returning to "how does this help the end user"? Signaling to the end user that the level of accessibility may be different
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eg: the main function of a "for sale" site (eBay?) may be more accessible than individual postings
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s/eBay?) /
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JS: don't have it figured out, but think we are on the right path
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hoping to take this to Silver on a Friday call, and then AG on June 21
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JS: not fully baked yet, but seek feedback early to get this 'right'
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Target date of June 11th
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zakim, end meeting
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As of this point the attendees have been sajkaj, JF, Azlan, Wilco, jeanne, ToddLibby, PeterKorn
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RRSAgent, please draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2021/06/03-silver-conf-minutes.html Zakim
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I am happy to have been of service, JF; please remember to excuse RRSAgent. Goodbye
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agenda?
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