9485 2010-04-11 08:54:58 +0000 Mandate all conformance checkers and validators must refer to WCAG 2013-05-14 18:49:47 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All CLOSED WONTFIX http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/text-level-semantics.html#guidance-for-conformance-checkers a11y, a11ytf, a11y_text-alt P2 normal --- 1 laura.lee.carlson ian hsivonen ian mark.sadecki+w3c mike public-html-a11y public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking w3c public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 34734 0 laura.lee.carlson 2010-04-11 08:54:58 +0000 Mandate in HTML5 that all conformance checkers and validators must refer to the appropriate WCAG document and section that provides remedial guidance to authors whenever text alternatives are unknown or missing. 34782 1 hsivonen 2010-04-12 08:08:42 +0000 I think the spec shouldn't micromanage the user interface design of any class of products--including conformance checkers. Conformance checker vendors should be able to compete on the quality of the user experience of reporting conformance errors. That is, I think this bug should be resolved as WONTFIX. 34784 2 ian 2010-04-12 08:17:12 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: As Henri says, we try to avoid defining UI requirements. I would recommend putting such a requirement in a UAAG analogue for validators. 43143 3 w3c 2010-12-07 16:43:37 +0000 The bug-triage sub-team agrees with Henri's comment but is bringing it forward to the accessibility task force to achieve consensus. 43741 4 laura.lee.carlson 2011-01-01 20:51:38 +0000 Related Email References: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Apr/0109.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Apr/0110.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Apr/0127.html Full Thread: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Apr/thread.html#msg89 87675 5 mark.sadecki+w3c 2013-05-14 18:49:47 +0000 The Task Force has decided that this bug is beyond the scope of the WG. http://www.w3.org/2013/05/09-html-a11y-minutes.html