ACT Task Force Meeting Agenda

Meeting Details

• ACT Meetings and Resources

• Calendar event, Zoom and dial-in
• Updated IRC, channel #wcag-act
• Meeting Minutes
• Scribe Rotation List

January 16, 2025

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Agenda

• F2F meeting February 6 & 7
• Rules format editorials
• Annual Rule Reviews

Future agenda items

• Horizontal Review issues on the ACT Rules Format:
  • Should ACT require the formats for rules to be localizable?
  • Is the ‘descriptive title’ used for matching?
  • ACT does not require that the language of text is indicated
  • How are rule itentifiers matched to one another?

• Verbose examples
• Audio element content has transcript - Helen
• Recap of joint CG/TF meeting February 8th
  • Rules for WCAG 2.x (manual) gaps
  • Multi-state rules
  • WCAG 3 collaboration
  • Process / github guide for contributors
• Video element visual-only content is media alternative for text
• Heading is descriptive AG feedback
• Link accessible name equivalent purpose Deprecate it?
• Revisit approval process
• Transcripts in accessibility tree
• Transition states
• Biases in ACT rules
• Complex expectation logic in rules
• Implementation policy
• Technical complexity of rules
• Should inapplicable example 3, 5 & 6 fail?
• Linters as ACT implementations
• Add implementations definition to rules format
• Should "advisory" rules have additional indicators that the rule is advisory
• ACT promotion page(s)
• Machine learning and ACT Rules
• Can the applicability section include rules (some SCs have "except")?

Planning group absences

• Daniel: Not available Dec 9, and also from Dec 19 through to Jan 6
• Kathy: Dec 16, 19, 26; Jan 2
• Wilco: