13:44:17 RRSAgent has joined #apa 13:44:21 logging to https://www.w3.org/2026/01/28-apa-irc 13:44:21 RRSAgent, make logs Public 13:44:22 please title this meeting ("meeting: ..."), janina 13:44:40 agenda+ Agenda Review & Announcements 13:44:40 agenda+ [Spec review requests](https://github.com/w3c/a11y-request/issues) 13:44:40 agenda+ [Issue tracking](https://github.com/w3c/a11y-tracking/issues) 13:44:40 agenda+ CSS Update (Paul) 13:44:40 agenda+ Other business 13:44:43 agenda+ Be done 13:45:03 Meeting: APA Weekly Teleconference 13:45:11 Date: 28 Jan 2026 13:45:16 Chair: Matthew 13:45:20 agenda? 13:56:09 regrets: Gottfried_Zimmerman, Alisa_Smith 14:57:59 Fazio has joined #apa 15:01:10 present+ 15:02:01 matatk has joined #apa 15:02:10 present+ 15:02:14 mike_beganyi has joined #apa 15:02:30 present+ 15:02:32 agenda? 15:02:36 JenStrickland has joined #apa 15:02:40 present+ 15:02:49 present+ 15:03:17 Fredrik has joined #apa 15:03:30 present+ 15:03:34 present+ 15:03:40 Dr_Keith has joined #apa 15:03:55 present+ 15:04:23 PaulG has joined #apa 15:04:29 present+ 15:04:52 Neha has joined #apa 15:04:56 present+ 15:05:12 rrsagent, make minutes 15:05:13 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/28-apa-minutes.html matatk 15:06:52 scribe+ 15:06:59 zakim, next item 15:06:59 agendum 1 -- Agenda Review & Announcements -- taken up [from janina] 15:07:03 agenda? 15:08:09 JonCohn has joined #apa 15:08:11 matatk: Registration for AC is on 15:08:27 present+ 15:09:10 https://www.w3.org/news-events/w3c-ac/ac-2026/ 15:09:26 Meeting of AC board meeting 2026 in China, link is shared above 15:09:53 tsaulter has joined #apa 15:09:56 https://www.w3.org/news/2026/agenda-available-for-w3c-workshop-on-smart-voice-agents/ 15:09:59 present+ 15:10:50 Roy: Workshop announcement, link shared 15:11:01 present+ 15:11:28 janina: It is virtual, can be of interest of lot of people 15:11:50 homepage -> https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/index.html 15:12:02 matatk: check for registration details 15:13:29 Fredrik: Zero project conference in Vienna https://zeroproject.org/conferences/zero-project-conference-2026 15:13:34 mpaiva has joined #apa 15:13:58 zakim, next item 15:13:58 agendum 2 -- [Spec review requests](https://github.com/w3c/a11y-request/issues) -- taken up [from janina] 15:14:05 Present 15:15:02 present+ 15:15:12 mike_beganyi has joined #apa 15:15:25 subtopic: CSS Anchor Positioning 15:15:32 https://github.com/w3c/a11y-tracking/issues/289 15:15:38 https://github.com/w3c/a11y-request/issues/142 15:17:36 mpaive: has reviewed it, noted down understanding, added a usecase, details - anchoring a tooltip or popover to a control, 15:17:36 increasing zoom to 200–400%, 15:17:36 and triggering the anchored content near the viewport edge, where the visual relationship between the anchor and anchored element becomes difficult or impossible to perceive. 15:18:09 mpaive: you want me to review your guidelines only or something else? 15:18:24 matatk: let me see if they want to cover us somthing 15:18:53 matatk: Accessibility section should be improved and some references should be added 15:20:55 q+ 15:21:01 matatk: overall yes it helps for above questions 15:22:07 matatk: Paul had mentioned about pop over examples and Neha has added that 15:23:02 matatk: APA needs to say if spec improves the situation, but yes we have some concerns , as a group we can add accessibiliy section to this spec 15:23:09 matatk: we can start with google docs 15:24:31 ack PaulG 15:24:55 matatk: We can mention and inform that we are working on it and will be ready in a couple of weeks 15:27:34 q+ 15:27:50 PaulG: Positioning can be controlled with Javascript but can be skipped, do we need last sentence where we mention do not add many things 15:28:42 PaulG, mpaiva - happy to help in editing 15:28:53 PaulG: doing the work in JS - you have to manipulate the attributes already and may as well do the positioning there, and have a resize observer to address Marcelo's use case 15:28:53 this means they can get through QA faster w/o doing the proper accessibility work 15:28:53 like that first thing is a giant warning that says you can't rely on visual positioning to express the semantic info 15:28:53 aria-details doesn't work yet - should remove 15:28:55 if you're building it yourself and not using popover api, you need aria-expanded 15:28:55 last sentence - about 'difficult to comprehend' - do we need that? why is this needed. Just make the semantic bindings 15:28:55 point to existing docs like APG for the patterns (which will update at some point) 15:29:18 marcelo has joined #apa 15:29:19 ack janina 15:29:31 janina: I agree with Paul 15:30:01 s/this means they this means they/... this means they/ 15:30:12 +1 15:30:14 s/like that first/... like that first/ 15:30:14 janina: Operative term is overuse - it should be illustrative what is mean by operative 15:30:17 q? 15:30:40 subtopic: DVB Implementation Guidelines 15:30:51 present+ 15:31:27 https://github.com/w3c/a11y-tracking/issues/266 15:32:12 matatk: couple of things will pop up one janina and matatk go through it 15:33:05 mike_beganyi has joined #apa 15:33:29 matatk: Tiffiany has already added comments but still anyone want to have a look by next week 15:34:44 janina: noone has experty on captioning but they have done a good job in adding details 15:36:43 matatk: for this one we can start with another google docs and then we can share it with them, and start getting feedback to them 15:37:36 janina: I will be better prepared by next week, if anyone want to help in this 15:37:55 janina: It is a big read and not a simple document 15:38:34 rrsagent, make minutes 15:38:36 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/28-apa-minutes.html matatk 15:38:47 janina: instead of going through whole document, go through TOC and pick a topic to go through 15:39:42 Dr_Keith: I am not getting rmeinders from bot, can someone send me reminder for this 15:40:35 zakim, next item 15:40:35 agendum 3 -- [Issue tracking](https://github.com/w3c/a11y-tracking/issues) -- taken up [from janina] 15:40:47 subtopic: Scroll-triggered animations 15:40:52 https://github.com/w3c/a11y-tracking/issues/272 15:41:28 marcelo has joined #apa 15:42:26 mike_beganyi has joined #apa 15:42:51 matatk: google docs summarize all the discussion we had on all the threads 15:43:18 q? 15:43:27 matatk: if someone wants to start working, follow the link for issue and google doc 15:43:46 subtopic: Web platform gap: motion 15:43:48 https://github.com/w3c/a11y-tracking/issues/290 15:44:04 matatk: we talked about this last week 15:44:51 matatk: I wanted to log an issue on TACS regarding this gap 15:45:30 q+ 15:45:51 Eric_hind has joined #apa 15:45:56 present+ 15:46:17 ack JenStrickland 15:46:34 matatk: I have added a long comment regarding motion 15:47:24 JenStrickland: Carousels are not applied to animations, but it should be enforced 15:48:00 q+ with a process question 15:48:11 matatk: I am adding videos and user may need to pause the motin, I have updated the comment 15:48:24 q+ to ask about any TAG process guidance in documenting gaps 15:48:28 I'd like to see a suggestion that being able to stop animations at a user request. 15:49:03 q? 15:49:07 matatk: User agents know the content is animated 15:49:07 ack janina 15:49:07 janina, you wanted to ask about any TAG process guidance in documenting gaps 15:49:24 In CSS animations it is possible to set it to stop after a set number, or anything. 15:49:51 janina: I am proposing to write a template 15:50:03 matatk: Please add it as an issue 15:50:57 s/I am proposing to write a template/I am proposing to write an issue about viewing and selecting content in lists - the back button doesn't work after you've selected an item/ 15:51:05 rrsagent, make minutes 15:51:06 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/28-apa-minutes.html matatk 15:51:20 janina: Years ago we have user agents, but now this is the path from where we can start again, so this is very important 15:52:26 mike_beganyi has joined #apa 15:52:31 q? 15:53:12 Nice work, Neha! 15:53:20 Yes, please, publish it! 15:53:24 +1 15:53:27 +1 15:53:28 +1 15:53:29 +1 15:53:44 +1 15:55:46 scribe+ 15:55:57 rrsagent, make minutes 15:55:59 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/28-apa-minutes.html matatk 15:57:22 zakim, end meeting 15:57:23 As of this point the attendees have been janina, matatk, mike_beganyi, JenStrickland, Fazio, Fredrik, Dr_Keith, PaulG, Neha, JonCohn, tsaulter, Roy_Ruoxi, marcelo, Eric_hind 15:57:23 RRSAgent, please draft minutes 15:57:24 I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/01/28-apa-minutes.html Zakim 15:57:29 I am happy to have been of service, matatk; please remember to excuse RRSAgent. Goodbye 15:57:31 Zakim has left #apa 16:03:38 janina has left #apa