14:45:28 RRSAgent has joined #pcg-a11y 14:45:32 logging to https://www.w3.org/2023/10/12-pcg-a11y-irc 14:45:51 Zakim has joined #pcg-a11y 14:46:02 zakim, this will be pcg-a11y 14:46:02 ok, AvneeshSingh 14:46:17 present+ 14:46:26 chair: AvneeshSingh 14:47:22 agenda+ principles document of User experience guide for accessibility metadata is restructured. 14:48:11 agenda+ What to display in case of absence of metadata · Issue #184 14:48:28 agenda+ Any other business 14:51:58 ChrisOliverOttawa_ has joined #pcg-a11y 15:00:50 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:01:00 gautier has joined #pcg-a11y 15:01:22 present+ 15:01:43 JonasLillqvist has joined #pcg-a11y 15:02:24 gpellegrino has joined #pcg-a11y 15:02:31 present+ 15:02:32 present+ 15:02:32 scribe+ 15:02:32 zakim, next agendum 15:02:32 agendum 1 -- principles document of User experience guide for accessibility metadata is restructured. -- taken up [from AvneeshSingh] 15:02:34 present+ 15:02:43 Bill_Kasdorf has joined #pcg-a11y 15:03:06 Naomi has joined #pcg-a11y 15:03:12 present+ 15:03:27 AvneeshSingh: first agenda item: the restructuring piece 15:03:28 present+ 15:03:46 ... we started this work on the document on the "Key information" section 15:04:09 ... now that this section is pretty stable, we moved to organize the rest of the document 15:04:09 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:04:54 https://w3c.github.io/publ-a11y/UX-Guide-Metadata/draft/principles/?updated 15:05:04 ... in this new version we're removing the prioritization of metadata, since it's up to the retailer to decide what to display first 15:05:35 CharlesL has joined #pcg-a11y 15:05:45 Miiak has joined #pcg-a11y 15:05:46 present+ 15:05:51 ... the general information and introduction is the old one, the "key information" section was renamed "key accessibility information" 15:06:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:06:25 ... me moved "Discovering accessible content" after key information 15:07:17 This is looking great! 15:07:18 ... then we have "Localization" and "Implementations" where we'll list different implementations (VitalSource and Fondazione LIA are ready, maybe also someone from France) 15:08:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:08:12 mgarrish has joined #pcg-a11y 15:08:24 George: what about the importance of different key informations? 15:08:59 AvneeshSingh: I would leave defining the order of key information to implementers 15:09:33 q+ 15:10:02 CharlesL: maybe we can use a bullet list, so we don't define an order, but just listing 15:10:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:10:15 present+ 15:10:28 AvneeshSingh: any feedback? 15:10:29 q? 15:10:43 ack bill 15:11:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:11:16 q? 15:11:45 Bill_Kasdorf: we may explicit that there may be different orders for information based on different use cases 15:12:11 q? 15:12:17 ... it's difficult to make comments on order because you highlight something and "hide" something else 15:12:30 rrsagent, make logs public 15:12:33 jgriggs has joined #pcg-a11y 15:12:37 q? 15:12:44 rrsagent, draft minutes 15:12:45 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2023/10/12-pcg-a11y-minutes.html CharlesL 15:12:56 q? 15:13:07 AvneeshSingh: if there is no objection, then let's move on! 15:13:09 present+ 15:13:14 zakim, next agendum 15:13:14 agendum 2 -- What to display in case of absence of metadata · Issue #184 -- taken up [from AvneeshSingh] 15:13:33 AvneeshSingh: new topic: what to display when we don't have metadata from the epub creator 15:13:34 https://github.com/w3c/publ-a11y/issues/184 15:14:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:14:37 CharlesL: when publisher omit something in the metadata, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist 15:14:44 ... for example hazards 15:15:21 q+ 15:15:47 q+ 15:15:49 ... or like alt-text may mean that we don't have or these are not provided 15:16:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:16:17 ... or conformance 15:16:42 q- 15:16:53 I like James 15:17:17 . . . James's suggestion: say "Not reported 15:18:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:18:22 AvneeshSingh: during editors call we identified three information that should be displayed even if missing: Supports nonvisual reading, Visual adjustments, Conformance 15:18:25 q? 15:18:43 ... we would like to have feedback from the group 15:19:03 Naomi: I think we had discussion on this 15:19:11 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:19:28 q+ 15:19:34 ack Naomi 15:19:52 ... doing a lot of remediation semi-automatically it is difficult to say something that requires human check 15:20:10 q+ 15:20:13 ack char 15:20:50 ... to the absence of metadata should be clarified, because in some cases some feature may be present, but not listed in metadata 15:21:04 ack jon 15:21:10 CharlesL: I would use Accessibility Summary for telling this 15:21:34 q? 15:21:36 JonasLillqvist: I would ask about Visual Adjustments: what is the metadata behind it? 15:21:38 q+ 15:21:41 Visual adjustments is display transformability yes. 15:21:56 scribe+ 15:21:58 ack next 15:22:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:22:47 q+ 15:22:51 gpellegrino: displayTransformability, if we have this, this means the content can change to user preferences, ONIX latest there is way to express this with a code in ONIX (I can't recall right now). 15:22:59 q+ 15:23:03 q+ 15:23:58 JonasLillqvist: displayTransormability can be difficult to understand. 15:24:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:24:08 ack bill 15:24:20 JonasLillqvist: yes, sometimes displaytransformability is used to divide reflowable from fixed layout 15:24:30 This is the a11y-discov-vocab ticket I was referring to: https://github.com/w3c/a11y-discov-vocab/issues/74 15:25:04 Bill: how broadly are you considering displayTransformability? 15:26:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:26:20 gpellegrino: There are different levels, we check against WCAG for reflow, enlarging text, we check that. There are some publishers who put this in al reflow EPUBs. 95% reflowable EPUBs can adjust font size etc. 15:26:58 Bill: publishers may just automaticly choose displayTransformability. since the Reading Systems can do this. 15:27:22 gpellegrino: could have a reflowable EPUB but could be still problematic. 15:27:27 ack char 15:27:58 CharlesL: we didn't update the techniques document, there will be updated links to tell the metadata behind this key information 15:28:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:28:16 q? 15:28:26 q+ 15:29:00 ... in our program we check that metadata reflects the content 15:29:28 ... to be sure that is not used in not correct manner 15:29:31 q+ 15:29:32 q- 15:29:33 q+ 15:29:35 q- 15:29:43 ack gau 15:29:57 ack geor 15:30:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:30:38 ack jon 15:30:39 George: we should make sure that is the textual content that will be transformed 15:31:44 q+ 15:31:59 JonasLillqvist: I just looked at the DAISY Knowledge Base, to check what are their requirements for displaytrasformability: not image of text, proportionate units of measures 15:32:13 ... I think the "images of text" is too strong as requirement 15:32:14 ack char 15:33:29 CharlesL: It's true that infographics or images of tables are difficult to manage in live text, so we require to have an alt-text and an extended description 15:33:56 ... I think that with these mitigations you can claim that displaytrasformability is true 15:34:06 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:34:09 q? 15:34:52 mgarrish: I think this is a long discussion, I posted a link to a PR trying to work on this 15:34:52 q+ 15:35:00 q- 15:35:19 ... not sure if alt-text can me a mitigation 15:36:17 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:36:17 ... we need further discussion 15:36:17 s/can me a/can be a 15:37:09 q? 15:37:09 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:37:10 AvneeshSingh: If we have an agreement on how to evaluate displaytransformability 15:38:01 ... then we may has displaytransformability displayed even if not present? 15:38:05 q? 15:38:11 ... ok let's update the guidance 15:38:40 AvneeshSingh: do you want other metadata group to be in the "display even with no metadata" group? 15:39:39 q+ 15:39:39 CharlesL: I think navigation may also be important 15:39:39 q? 15:39:39 ... expecially for textbooks 15:39:39 q+ 15:39:39 q+ 15:39:39 ack gau 15:40:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:40:05 gautier: I think it is about the audience, if I'm in a scholar context Navigation is important 15:40:07 q- 15:40:20 ... in fiction this is less important 15:41:13 ... same in academic: pagelist is important 15:41:33 ... but I also know that a lot of books do have TOC 15:42:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:42:15 ... so maybe we can recomend to display something about navigation even if no metadata is present 15:42:30 ack next 15:42:57 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:43:04 Naomi: Same as Gauthier, but with the example about "Math and Charts" 15:43:41 q? 15:43:54 AvneeshSingh: I think "Conformance" is really important, the other information is more contextual 15:44:12 q? 15:44:33 zakim, next agendum 15:44:33 agendum 3 -- Any other business -- taken up [from AvneeshSingh] 15:44:39 ... so we agree to have three information to display always (telling that are missing, if no metadata is present): "Supports nonvisual reading", "Visual adjustments", "Conformance" 15:45:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:45:07 George: the issue about certification, we had feedback about "self-certified" 15:45:09 q+ 15:46:06 ... so I updated the section according to this, I think this simplify the conformance section 15:46:10 q? 15:46:26 ... we leave to the user to "check" the certifier 15:46:26 ack next 15:46:37 q- 15:47:27 I would say that at the Frankfurt Book Fair there are two events about metadata and accessibility 15:48:04 Supply Chain Seminar from EditEUR (next Tueasday), and accessibility round table (on wednesday) 15:48:05 George has joined #pcg-a11y 15:48:33 jgriggs has left #pcg-a11y 15:48:45 rrsagent, draft minutes 15:48:47 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2023/10/12-pcg-a11y-minutes.html CharlesL 15:48:58 rrsagent, make minutes 15:48:59 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2023/10/12-pcg-a11y-minutes.html AvneeshSingh 15:49:08 rrsagent, make logs public 15:49:29 CharlesL has left #pcg-a11y 15:50:04 zakim, leave 15:50:04 leaving. 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