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ISSUE-206: meta-generator

• Re-updated Re-open Request and Change Proposal on Meta Generator by Judy Brewer, et al., June 7, 2012
• Mint a new attribute for relaxing alt attribute conformance criteria in certain situations by Edward O'Connor, July 31, 2012
• Add an incomplete attribute for the <img> element by Laura Carlson April 27, 2010

ISSUE-205: text-editing-canvas

• CaretSelection Revised Change proposal by Richard Schwerdtfeger February 10, 2012
• No edit change proposal for canvas text editing by Frank Olivier, February 10, 2012

ISSUE-205: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-02 text-editing-canvas by Maciej Stachowiak, July 18, 2012.

ISSUE-204: aria-hidden

• Correct Hidden Attribute Section v4 By John Foliot et al., June 26, 2012.
• Correct Hidden Attribute Section v3 By Cynthia Shelly et al., May 4, 2012.
• Disallow ARIA References to Hidden Elements - By Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis, April 25, 2012.
• Correct Hidden Attribute Section v2 by Cynthia Shelly, April 17 2012, based on the proposals by Laura, Jonas, Matt and Edward
• Correct the hidden Attribute Section - By Laura Carlson, April 11, 2012.
• Allow ARIA Attributes to Reference Hidden Elements - By Jonas Sicking, Matt Turvey, March 10, 2012.

ISSUE-203: media-descriptions

• Proposal for Issue 203 by John Foliot, March 1, 2012
• Use WAI-ARIA for short and long descriptions of media elements by Eoconnor, July 6, 2012

ISSUE-202: figcaption-words

• ISSUE-202: figcaption-words Closed without prejudice By Sam Ruby, February 20, 2012.

ISSUE-201: canvas-fallback

• 201 Proposal hitregions by Steve Faulkner, July 12, 2012
• Provide for canvas location and hit testing capability with an exposed Path object and related alterations to the 2d Context API by Edward O'Connor, April 11, 2012
• Canvas hit testing by Frank Oliver, December 1, 2011.

ISSUE-200: legend-placement

Closed without prejudice By Sam Ruby, February 20, 2012.

• Proposal for Issue 200 by Mtanalin, February 23, 2012
• Keep the existing content model of fieldset by Eoconnor, March 27, 2012

ISSUE-199: aria-processing

• Add role attribute and enhance ARIA lexical processing guidance by Michael Cooper, 16 February 2012
  • Close ISSUE-199 aria-processing by Amicable Resolution by Sam Ruby, July 19, 2012

ISSUE-198: innerHTML-patent-policy

ISSUE-198 innerHTML-patent-policy: Closed without prejudice By Sam Ruby, February 20, 2012.

ISSUE-197: accept-file-ext

Accept Attribute with File extensions by Sharon Newman, February 16, 2012.

ISSUE-196: ua-http-resp-handling

• Change Proposal: No change for User Agent HTTP response handling behaviour by Cameron Jones, February 13, 2012.

ISSUE-195: form-http-req

• Change Proposal: Enhance HTTP request generation from forms by Cameron Jones, February 13, 2012.

ISSUE-194: full-transcript

• Defer ISSUE-194 until HTML.next by Edward O'Connor and Silvia Pfeiffer, July 6, 2012.
• Introduction of a @transcript=URL attribute V2 by John Foliot, June 29, 2012.
• Introduction of a @transcript=URL attribute by Media Subgroup, June 11, 2012.
• IDREF Proposal by Edward O'Connor, May 31, 2012.
• Introduction of a <transcript> element by Media Subgroup, May 22, 2012.
• Introduction of a <transcript> element By Silvia Pfeiffer, May 10, 2012.
• Change Proposal: introduction of a new @kind value: "transcript" By John Foliot, May 8, 2012.
• Defer ISSUE-194 until HTML.next By Edward O'Connor and Silvia Pfeiffer, April 4, 2012.
  • ISSUE-194/Research Possible methods for associating transcripts with media elements By Edward O'Connor, March 29, 2012.
• Change Proposal for ISSUE-194 "Introduce a new attribute: @transcript" - By John Foliot, February 13, 2012.

ISSUE-193: inaccessible-example

• Remove CSS authoring advice that promotes inaccessible content by Steve Faulkner, February 1, 2012.

ISSUE-192: title-attribute

• Change proposal for issue 192 title attribute definition does not match reality by Steve Faulkner, December 11, 2011.

ISSUE-190: coding-example

• Change proposal for issue 190 notitle captions by Steve Faulkner, December 11, 2011.

ISSUE-189: generic-track-format

• Change proposal for issue 189 generic-track-format by Julian Reschke, January 14, 2012.
• Change proposal for issue 189 generic-track-format by Edward O'Connor, March 2, 2012.

ISSUE-188: uri-web-prefix

• Define text tracks in HTML in a generic way, agnostic of a specific caption format. By Frank Oliver, December 11, 2011.

ISSUE-187: validity-stability

• Change proposal for issue 187 Document conformance has to be stable over the time by Jirka Kosek, January 20, 2012.

ISSUE-186: role-presentation-override

• Change Proposal: Conformance error for use of role=presentation on interactive elements by Steve Faulkner, January 5, 2012.
  • Decided not to pursue ISSUE-186 Steve Faulkner, January 13, 2012.
  • ISSUE-186: Closed Without Prejudice Sam Ruby, January 16, 2012.

ISSUE-185: drop-pubdate

• drop pubdate attribute change proposal by Tantek, November 6, 2011.
• keep pubdate attribute and add moddate attribute change proposal by Ian Devlin, February 6, 2012

ISSUE-184: data-element

• data element change proposal by Tantek, November 6, 2011.
• enhance the data element with a type system proposal by Cameron Jones, February 9, 2012.

ISSUE-184: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-184 Add a data element by Sam Ruby, July 17, 2012.

ISSUE-183: enhance-time

• time element change proposal by Tantek, November 3, 2011.
• drop the time element proposal by Cameron Jones, February 9, 2012.
• add era attribute to time element by Ian Devlin, April 12, 2012.

ISSUE-182: footnote-recommendation

• Change proposal for issue 182: Advice in spec about annotations promotes inaccessible content by Steve Faulkner, December 11, 2011.

ISSUE-181: remove-sidebar

• Change proposal for issue 181 remove-sidebar by Julian Reschke, November 20, 2011.
  • Close ISSUE-181: remov-sidebar by Amicable Resolution - Paul Cotton, January 25, 2012.

ISSUE-180: allow-popups

• Change proposal for issue 180 by Jacob Rossi, October 4, 2011.
  • [RE: Close ISSUE-180: allowpopups by Amicable Resolution - Paul Cotton, January 25, 2012.

ISSUE-179: av-param

• Change proposal for ISSUE-179 av-param by Glenn Adams, October 26, 2011.
• Issue-179 no change by Silvia Pfeiffer, October 26, 2011.
• Encrypted Media proposal by Adrian Bateman et al., February 21, 2012

ISSUE-177: uri-scheme-notation

• CfC: Close ISSUE-177: ietf-id-wip by Amicable Resolution - Paul Cotton, December 12, 2011.
• Working Group Decision on ISSUE-177: ietf-id-wip - Sam Ruby February 7, 2012.

ISSUE-174: link-semantic-conflict

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-174 link-semantic-conflict by Julian Reschke, Oct 16, 2011.

Close ISSUE-174: modal-attribute by Amicable Resolution - Paul Cotton, December 8, 2011.

ISSUE-173: split-appcache

• Change proposal for ISSUE-173: split-appcache By Mark Nottingham, October 12, 2011.

ISSUE-172: restore-rb

• Premature escalation for ISSUE-172 (bug 10830) Sam Ruby, September 20, 2011.
• Change Proposal: Include the rb element By Leif Halvard Silli, January 5, 2012.

ISSUE-170: rel-uri-valid

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-170 rel-uri-valid by Julian Reschke, Oct 16, 2011.
• Alternate Change Proposal for ISSUE-170 rel-uri-valid by Henri Sivonen, Oct 11, 2011.

ISSUE-169: rename-label

• Escalation withdrawn by Boris Zbarsky, June 24, 2011.

ISSUE-168: remove-typemustmatch

ISSUE-168: Closed Without Prejudice

ISSUE-168 remove-crossorigin closed without prejudice by Sam Ruby , August 7, 2011.

ISSUE-167: remove-crossorigin

ISSUE-167: Closed Without Prejudice

ISSUE-167 remove-crossorigin closed without prejudice by Sam Ruby , August 3, 2011.

ISSUE-166: html-sandboxed

Change proposal for issue 166 by Jacob Ross, July 25, 2011. Change proposal for issue 166 by Jacob Rossi

ISSUE-165: rel-pingback

• Change proposal for issue 165 by Julian Reschke, July 7, 2011.

ISSUE-165: rel-pingback by Amicable Resolution

• ISSUE-165: rel-pingback Closed by Amicable Resolution Sam Ruby, August 26, 2011.
  • Diff 6533 - Closed

ISSUE-164: no hgroup

• replace hgroup with the subline element by Steve Faulkner, June 28, 2011.
• Drop hgroup and investigate alternatives by Lars Gunther, June 28, 2011.
• Replace hgroup with hsub by Kornel Lesiński, November 6, 2011.
• CP no-change hgroup (ISSUE-164) by Simon Pieters, November 6, 2011.
• OutlineMask by Steve Falkner, November 7, 2011.
• Replace hgroup with hsub (Mk II) by Toby Inkster, November 10, 2011.

ISSUE-163: navigating-tracks

ISSUE-163: Closed Without Prejudice

ISSUE-163 navigating-tracks closed without prejudice by Paul Cotton, July 5, 2011.

ISSUE-162: modal dialog

ISSUE-162 is closed as it is a duplicate of ISSUE-133.

ISSUE-161: accessibility-api-mapping

• ISSUE-161 accessibility-api-mapping closed without prejudice by Sam Ruby February 24, 2011.
  • Change proposal for issue 161 by Steve Faulkner, February 24, 2011.

ISSUE-161: Closed by Amicable Consensus

Working Group Decision on ISSUE-161 accessibility-api-mapping by Amicable Resolution Sam Ruby, April 2, 2011.

ISSUE-160: menuless-commands

• ISSUE-160 menuless-commands closed without prejudice by Sam Ruby February 24, 2011.

ISSUE-158: object-content-model

• ISSUE-158 object-content-model closed without prejudice by Sam Ruby February 24, 2011.
  • Change Proposal for ISSUE-158: Content model of object should be flow content By Leif Halvard Silli, January 30, 2012.

ISSUE-157: image-map-spec

• ISSUE-157 image-map-spec closed without prejudice by Sam Ruby February 24, 2011.

ISSUE-156: permit-close-tag

• ISSUE-156 Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Sam Ruby, February 22, 2011.

ISSUE-155: table-border

• ISSUE-155: Change Proposal table@border: enable all users to distinguish the cells of a table - by Leif Halvard Silli, January 19, 2011.
• ISSUE-155 counter proposal - by Ian Hickson, March 23, 2011.

ISSUE-155: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-155: table-border Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-155: Decision

Decision on ISSUE--155 table-border -Maciej Stachowiak, April 13, 2011

ISSUE-154: link-sidebar

• Change Proposal ISSUE-154 - By Julian Reschke, June 23, 2011.

ISSUE-154: Closed by Amicable Resolution

Close ISSUE-154 link-external by Amicable Resolution - Sam Ruby August 15, 2011.

ISSUE-153: link-external

• Change Proposal ISSUE-153 - By Julian Reschke, June 23, 2011.

ISSUE-153: Closed by Amicable Resolution

Close ISSUE-153 link-external by Amicable Resolution - Sam Ruby August 15, 2011.

ISSUE-152: multitrack-media-resources

• Audio Track Selection for Media Element By Frank Oliver, February, 22, 2011.
• Proposal for Audio and Video Track Selection and Synchronisation for Media Elements by Ian Hickson, March, 21, 2011.
• Change proposals for issue-152 by Sean Hayes, March, 22, 2011.
• change proposals for issue-152 By Eric Carlson and Silvia Pfeiffer, March, 22, 2011.

ISSUE-151: whatwg-references

• No Change to Status Section by Philip J√§genstedt, January 22, 2011.
• ISSUE-151 Change Proposal by Shelley Powers, submitted by Laura Carlson January 31, 2011.
• Change Status Change Proposal Written by Steve Faulkner (based on the text by Shelley Powers), April 15, 2011.

ISSUE-150: code-point-verbosity

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-150 By Julian Reschke, February 5, 2011.
• ISSUE-150 CPP ‚Äî no editor micromanaging By Anne van Kesteren, February 6, 2011.

ISSUE-150: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-150 By Julian Reschke, February 5, 2011.
  • Working Group Decision on ISSUE-150 code-point-verbosity by Amicable Resolution Paul Cotton, July 13, 2011.

ISSUE-148: charset-detect

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-148 by Julian Reschke, January 29, 2011.

ISSUE-148: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• ISSUE-148 charset-detect CLOSED by amicable consent - Sam Ruby, March 25, 2011.

ISSUE-147: playbackrate-undefined

ISSUE-147: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-147: playbackrate-undefined Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-147: Decision

Decision on ISSUE--147 playbackrate-undefined - Sam Ruby, April 8, 2011

ISSUE-146: video-content-muted

• <video muted> by Philip J√§genstedt, January 22, 2011.

ISSUE-146: Closed by Amicable Consensus

ISSUE-146 video-content-muted CLOSED by amicable consent - Sam Ruby, March 19, 2011.

ISSUE-145: codecs-vs-octet

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-145 by Julian Reschke, January 22, 2011.
• No <video> Content-Type by Philip J√§genstedt, January 23, 2011.

ISSUE-145: Decision

ISSUE-145 codecs-vs-octet Closed by Amicable Resolution - Sam Ruby, March 31, 2011.

ISSUE-144: conforming-u

• <u> should be conforming by Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu, February 25, 2011.
• ISSUE-144 conforming-u by Ian Hickson, March 26, 2011.

ISSUE-144: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-144: conforming-u Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-144: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-144 conforming-u - Sam Ruby, April 8, 2011

ISSUE-143: remove-s

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Sam Ruby, January 18, 2011.

ISSUE-142: poster-alt

• ISSUE-142 Change Proposal: Introduce a new <firstframe> element as a child element of <video> - By John Foliot, November 13, 2010.
• ISSUE-142 Change Proposal: No Poster Alt - By Philip J√§genestedt, January 22, 2010.

ISSUE-142: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-142 poster-alt Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-142: Decision

• Decision on 142 poster-alt - Sam Ruby, March 29, 2011.
  • FORMAL OBJECTION (RE: Working Group Decision on 142 poster-alt) - John Foliot, March 29, 2011.

ISSUE-141: dl-dialog

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Sam Ruby, January 18, 2011.

ISSUE-140: conformance-terminology

• Change proposal for HTML WG ISSUE-140: Conformance terminology when applicable specifications are used - By Noah Mendelsohn, January 19, 2011.
• ISSUE-140 CPP - no conformance versions - By Anne van Kesteren, February 6, 2011.

ISSUE-140: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-140 conformance-terminology Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-140: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-140 conformance-terminology - Sam Ruby, March 24, 2011.

ISSUE-139: ack-microdata

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-139: ack-microdata - by Julian Reschke, January 16, 2011.
• Change Proposal for ISSUE-139: ack-microdata - by Ian Hickson, January 18, 2011.

ISSUE-139: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-139 ack-microdata Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-139: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-139 ack-microdata - Sam Ruby, March 24, 2011.

ISSUE-138: mutate-action

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-138: mutate-action - by Julian Reschke, January 12, 2011.

ISSUE-138: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• ISSUE-138 (mutate-action) CLOSED by amicable consent - Sam Ruby, February 1, 2011.

ISSUE-137: case-insensitive

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Paul Cotton, December 13, 2010.

ISSUE-136: remove-small

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Sam Ruby, January 17, 2010.

ISSUE-135: link-canvas-spec

• ISSUE-135: Add link to Canvas 2d context spec - by Steve Faulkner, January 10, 2011.

ISSUE-135: Closed by Amicable Consensus

ISSUE-135 link-canvas-spec CLOSED by amicable consent - Sam Ruby, March 20, 2011.

ISSUE-134: tab-states

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Sam Ruby, January 17, 2010.
  • Issue 134 Change Proposal: Allow menu and command to represent a tablist By Gregory J. Rosmaita., February 21,2011.
• Change Proposal: Allow menu and command to represent a tablist By Jason Kiss, November 9, 2011.

ISSUE-134: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• Working Group Decision on ISSUE-134 tab-states by Amicable Resolution Paul Cotton, July 13, 2011.

ISSUE-134: Request to Reopen

• Request to Reopen and Counter Change Proposal ISSUE-134 tab-states - Tab Atkins, July 14, 2011.

ISSUE-133: modal-attribute

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Paul Cotton, December 13, 2010.
  • Steve Faulkner's request to re-open issue 133 due to submission of a change proposal
    • Add a modal feature to HTML5 change proposal By Steve Faulkner, January 29, 2011.
    • Change proposal for ISSUE-133 By Edward O'Connor, June 22, 2011.

Close ISSUE-133: modal-attribute by Amicable Resolution - Paul Cotton, December 8, 2011.

ISSUE-132: drop-color-input

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Paul Cotton, December 13, 2010.

ISSUE-131: caret-location-API

• Modify existing Canvas 2D API caret and focus ring support to drive screen magnification By Richard Schwerdtfeger, February 16, 2011.
• ISSUE-131 counter proposal By Ian Hickson, March 23, 2011.

ISSUE-131: Straw Poll for Objections

• caret-location-API Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-131: Decision

• • Decision on ISSUE-131 caret-location-api - Maciej Stachowiak, April 11, 2011
• Final decision on Issue-131 Paul Cotton, May 10, 2011. (closed without prejudice)

• Modify existing Canvas 2D API focus ring and text baseline support to drive screen magnification By Richard Schwerdtfeger, July 27, 2011.

ISSUE-131: Reopened

• Reading text in canvas by Frank Olivier, February 10, 2012.
• Revised Caret Selection Text Proposal for rich text editing in canvas by Richard Schwerdtfeger December 10, 2012
• Focus RingText Baseline proposal by Richard Schwerdtfeger December 9, 2011

ISSUE-130: table-layout

• Closed without prejudice. No change proposals were received by deadline. - Paul Cotton, December 13, 2010
  • Change Proposal: Allow tables to be used for presentational purposes - by Rich Schwerdtfeger, December 15, 2010.
  • Disallow tables to be used for presentational purposes - by Doug Jones, January 14, 2011.

ISSUE-130: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-130: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-130: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-130: table-layout - Sam Ruby, March 10, 2011

ISSUE-129: aria-mapping

• ISSUE-129: ARIA in HTML5 replace current text of section 3.2.6 - by Steve Faulkner, June 23, 2010.
• CCP for ISSUE-129 (snapshot from 2011-01-17) - by Ian Hickson, January 17, 2011.

ISSUE-129: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-129: replace or modify the ARIA section of the HTML5 spec - Straw Poll for Objections - February 2 to 17.

ISSUE-129: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-129 aria-mapping February 28, 2011.

ISSUE-128: figure-in-p

• ISSUE-128: Allow <figure> where <img> is allowed, in <p> in particular - by Henri Sivonen, October 5, 2010.
• Change Proposal: Treat <figure> as being equivalent to <p> or <aside> - by Ian Hickson, October 5, 2010.

ISSUE-128: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-128: Authors should be able to use where can be used - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-128: Withdrawal

• Withdrawal of ISSUE-128 - by Henri Sivonen, January 22, 2011.

ISSUE-128: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-128 figure-in-p - Sam Ruby, March 15, 2011.

ISSUE-127: link-type-flags

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-127 by Julian Reschke, November 20, 2010.
• Change Proposal for ISSUE-127 by Ian Hickson, February 14, 2010.

ISSUE-127: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-127: link-type-flags - Straw Poll for Objections - March 4 to 11.

ISSUE-127: Decision

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0402.html Decision on ISSUE-127 link-type-flags] Sam Ruby, March 19, 2011.

ISSUE-126: charset-vs-backslashes

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-126 by Julian Reschke, November 13, 2010.
• ISSUE-126 CCP -- no special handling for backslash by Anne van Kesteren, January 25, 2011.

ISSUE-126: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-126: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-126: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-126 charset-vs-backslashes - Sam Ruby, March 24, 2011.

ISSUE-125: charset-vs-quotes

• Change Proposal for ISSUE-125 by Julian Reschke, November 13, 2010.
• Revised Change Proposal for ISSUE-125 by Julian Reschke, January 22, 2010.
• Revised ISSUE-125 CCP -- change the "willful violation" note by Anne van Kesteren, January 24, 2010.
  • ISSUE-125 CCP -- change the "willful violation" note -- rev 1 note by Anne van Kesteren, January 24, 2010.

ISSUE-125: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-125: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-125: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-125 charset-vs-quotes - Sam Ruby, March 15, 2011.

ISSUE-124: rel-limits

• Re: Slightly updated CP for 124 by Julian Reschke, November 8, 2010.
• ISSUE-124 CP 2 by Ian Hickson, November 10, 2010.

ISSUE-124: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-124: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-124: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-124 rel-limits Sam Ruby, March 19, 2011.

ISSUE-122: alt text and description for Lady of Shalott example

• Change Proposal: null change proposal for ISSUE-122: shalott-example - By Steven Faulkner, October 13, 2010.

ISSUE-122: Expanded Scope

• Announcement ISSUE-122 (shalott-example) Expanded scope and Call for Counter-Proposals by Maciej Stachowiak, October 27, 2010.
• Announcement to Accessibility Task Force on ISSUE-122 Expanded scope and Call for Counter-Proposals by Paul Cotton, November 5, 2010.
  • Change Proposal: ISSUE-122 Text Alternatives - By Laura Carlson, November 7, 2010.
  • Change Proposal: Purely Decorative Images (Section 4.8.1.1.7) - by Gregory J. Rosmaita, November 11, 2010.
  • Change Proposal ISSUE-122: Defer Thematic and Presentational Examples to WCAG - By Laura Carlson, February 13, 2011.

ISSUE-122: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-122: shalott-example Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-122: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-122 shalott-example - Sam Ruby, March 29, 2011.

ISSUE-120: Use of prefixes is too complicated for a Web technology

• Change Proposal: for ISSUE-120 - By Ian Hickson, January 19, 2010
• ChangeProposals/RDFaPrefixesNoChange - By Toby Inkster, January 21, 2011.

ISSUE-120: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-120 rdfa-prefixes Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-120: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-120 rdfa-prefixes - Sam Ruby, March 29, 2011.

ISSUE-119: Certain relationships take on a special meaning when repeated; other solutions may be cleaner

• Change Proposal: for ISSUE-119 - By Julian Reschke, October 19, 2010

ISSUE-119: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• ISSUE-119 rel-repetition: CLOSED by amicable consent - Sam Ruby, March 8, 2011.

ISSUE-118: Specification breaks semantics of existing link relations "index" and "first"

• Change Proposal ISSUE-118 - By Leif Halvard Silli, October 18, 2010.
• Change Proposal ISSUE-118 CP 2 - By Ian Hickson, November 3, 2010.
• Change Proposal ISSUE-118 CP 3 - By Ian Hickson, November 3, 2010.

ISSUE-118: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-118 Specification breaks semantics of existing link relations "index" Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-118: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-118 broken-link-types

ISSUE-116 text-alternative: Provide reference and info about HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives in html5 spec.

ISSUE-116: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• ISSUE-116 text-alternative CLOSED by amicable consent - Sam Ruby, September 16, 2010.

ISSUE-110: sandbox-type-owner

• ISSUE-110: Change Control for text/html-sandboxed media type - By Julian Reschke, April 15, 2010.

ISSUE-109: aria-section-title

• ISSUE-109: Change the title of the WAI-ARIA section of the HTML5 spec and provide advice about ARIA scope - By Steve Faulkner, April 29, 2010.
• Change proposal for ISSUE-109 By Ian Hickson, July 15, 2010.

ISSUE-109: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-109: change ARIA section title and add extra text about use of ARIA - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-109: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-109 aria-section-title March 7, 2011.

ISSUE-107: plugin-fallback-example

• ISSUE-107 Change Proposal - By Julian Reschke, April 13, 2010.
• ISSUE-107: Change Proposal: Replace <object> fallback example illustrating good practices - By Lachlan Hunt, April 22, 2010.

ISSUE-105: canvas-usemap

• ISSUE-105: Add usemap attribute to the canvas element - By Steve Faulkner, April 6, 2010.
• Change Proposal: Explain how to avoid the performance problem of redrawing the focus ring with each movement of the text entry caret By Ian Hickson July 29, 2010.

ISSUE-74 and ISSUE-105: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-74: canvas-accessibility and ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-105: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-74 canvas-accessibility and ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap

ISSUE-103: srcdoc-xml-escaping

• ISSUE-103 Change proposal By Julian Reschke, March 18, 2010.
• ISSUE-103 Change proposal By Ian Hickson, June 6, 2010.

ISSUE-103: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-103: XML escaping in iframe/@srcdoc - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-103: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-103 srcdoc-xml-escaping

ISSUE-101: us-ascii-ref

• Change Proposal to change the spec's ASCII reference to point to ISO standard By Julian Reschke, March 3, 2010.
• ISSUE-101 us-ascii-ref Change Proposal to make no change and retain a link to a free of charge reference for ASCII. By Henri Sivonen, June 23, 2010.
• ISSUE-101 us-ascii-ref Change Proposal to replace HTML5's current ASCII reference with a link to ECMA-6's homepage. By Henri Sivonen, June 24, 2010.

ISSUE-101: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-101: Spec reference for US-ASCII - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-101: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-101 us-ascii-ref - Sam Ruby, March 15, 2011.

ISSUE-100: srcdoc

• ISSUE-100 Remove the srcdoc attribute By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• There is no problem, and no change should be made to the spec. By Tab Atkins, April 12, 2010.

ISSUE-100: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-100: Removing the srcdoc attribute

ISSUE-100: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-100 srcdoc

ISSUE-97: Remove/Discard the Meter Element

• ISSUE-97 Remove meter element By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• Retain several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls By O'Connor, Foliot, Atkins, and Sicking, April 21, 2010.

ISSUE-97: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-97: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-97: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-97 meter

ISSUE-96: Remove/Discard the Progress Element

• ISSUE-96 remove progress element By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• Retain several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls By O'Connor, Foliot, Atkins, and Sicking, April 21, 2010.

ISSUE-96: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-96: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-96: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-96 progress Sam Ruby, March 19, 2011.

ISSUE-95: Remove/Discard the Hidden Attribute

• ISSUE-95 Remove the hidden attribute By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• Retain several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls By O'Connor, Foliot, Atkins, and Sicking, April 21, 2010.

ISSUE-95: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-95: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-95: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-95 hidden July 30, 2010.

ISSUE-94: webcoresplit

• ISSUE-94 Split Browser Context from Web Core By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.

ISSUE-93: Delete Details Element

• ISSUE-93 remove details element By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• Retain several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls By O'Connor, Foliot, Atkins, and Sicking, April 21, 2010.

ISSUE-93: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-93: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-93: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-93: Removing the details Element June 30, 2010.

ISSUE-92: Cleanup Table

• ISSUE-92 clean up table description By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• ISSUE-92: Move table and examples to a separate section By Tab Atkins Jr, May 20, 2010.

ISSUE-92: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-92: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-92: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-92 cleanuptable - Sam Ruby, March 10, 2011.

ISSUE-91: aside

• ISSUE-91 Remove aside element By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• Retain several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls By O'Connor, Foliot, Atkins, and Sicking, April 21, 2010.

ISSUE-91: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-91: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-91: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-91: Removing the aside Element June 1, 2010.

ISSUE-90: figure

• ISSUE-90 remove figure element By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• Retain several newly-introduced semantic elements, attributes, and controls By O'Connor, Foliot, Atkins, and Sicking, April 21, 2010.

ISSUE-90: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-90: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-90: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-90: Removing the figure Element June 1, 2010.

ISSUE-89: idioms

• ISSUE-89 remove idioms section By Shelley Powers, March 31, 2010.
• ISSUE-89: There is no problem, and no change should be made. By Tab Atkins Jr, May 20, 2010.

ISSUE-89: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-89: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-89: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-89: Removing the figure Element February 22, 2011.

ISSUE-88: content-language-multiple

• ISSUE-88 Multiple languages in the Content Language pragma By Richard Ishida, January 12, 2010. (withdrawn)
• ISSUE-88 Let multiple language tags continue to be legal By Leif Halvard Silli, March 18, 2010.
• Proposal to make Content-Language pragma non-conforming altogether for ISSUE-88 (mark I) By Ian Hickson, April 9, 2010.
• Null change proposal for ISSUE-88 (mark IV) By Ian Hickson, April 9, 2010.

ISSUE-88: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-88: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-88: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-88 content-language-multiple Sam Ruby, March 19, 2011.

ISSUE-86: atom-id-stability

• ISSUE-86 Modify Atom generation requirements for more consistency with Atom spec By Julian Reschke, April 6, 2010.
• Remove Atom generation By Julian Reschke, April 9, 2010.
• Make Atom generation same-id requirement stronger By Tab Atkins.

ISSUE-86: Decision

Re: CfC: Adopt ISSUE-86 Change Proposal to remove Atom conversion June 1, 2010.

ISSUE-85: anchor-roles

• ISSUE-85 Allow the a element to have ARIA role attribute values other than link By Steve Faulkner, February 18, 2010.

ISSUE-85: Closed by Amicable Consensus

• CfC: Close ISSUE-85 by Amicable Consensus
  • ISSUE-85 CLOSED by amicable consent

ISSUE-84: legacy-doctypes

• ISSUE-84 DOCTYPE versioning change proposal (ISSUE-4) By Larry Masinter, December 1, 2009.
• Change Proposal to allow much more general DOCTYPE syntax to be conforming, possibly including optional version information. By Larry Masinter, January 2, 2010.
• Change Proposal to not put a version indicator in the DOCTYPE By Adam Barth, February 21, 2010.

ISSUE-84: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-4 and 84: ISSUE-4 & ISSUE-84: HTML5 versioning and doctypes - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-84: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-4 (html-versioning) and ISSUE-84 (legacy-doctypes) - Sam Ruby, December 14, 2010.

ISSUE-83: dt-dd-semantics

• ISSUE-83 ACTION-152 dt/dd Change Proposal By Shelley Powers, November 10, 2009.
• ISSUE-83 <fcaption> and <dlabel> spec to no longer use dt/dd for figure or details By Maciej Stachowiak, January 13, 2010.
• ISSUE-83 Instead define two new elements: fcaption to use as the label for figure, and dlabel for details. By Tab Atkins, January 13, 2010.

ISSUE-81 representation-vs-resource

• Gloss standard terminology for resource/representation (ISSUE-81 Change Proposal) By Dan Connolly, April 6, 2010.
  • Resource and Representation Terms

ISSUE-80: title-alternative

• ISSUE-80 and ISSUE-31 img Element Change Proposal By Steve Faulkner, December 3, 2009.
• Null change proposal for ISSUE-80 By Ian Hickson, March 24, 2010.
• Change proposals for ISSUE-31 and ISSUE-80 By Ian Hickson, July 15, 2010.

ISSUE-80: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-31/80: What to do about validation when the image element is missing the alt attribute - Straw Poll for Objections A

ISSUE-80: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-31 / ISSUE-80 requirements survey Sam Ruby, April 18, 2011

ISSUE-80: Formal Objection

Formal objection to the title being conforming Steve Faulkner, April 18, 2011

ISSUE-80: Reopen

• (Change Proposal to Re-open ISSUE-80) Do not consider the title attribute as a possible source for caption information for an image that lacks a text alternative By Steve Faulkner, May 8, 2011.
• (Re-open) @title is only a last resort source for text alternative repair - authors must not rely on such behavior By Leif Halvard Silli, May 11, 2011.
• (Do not consider the title attribute as a possible conforming source for caption information for an image that lacks a text alternative (version 2) By Steve Faulkner, January 11, 2011.

ISSUE-79: meta-keywords

• ISSUE-79 meta-keywords By Julian Reschke, February 7, 2010.

ISSUE-79: Decision

make meta/@name= keywords conforming

ISSUE-76: Microdata/RDFa

• ISSUE-76: CHANGE PROPOSAL: Separate Microdata from HTML5 Specification By Manu Sporny, October 21, 2009.
• ISSUE-76 Keep Microdata By Tab Atkins Jr., December 3, 2009.
• ISSUE-76: CHANGE PROPOSAL (Draft 2): Separate Microdata from HTML5 Specification By Manu Sporny, December 8, 2009.

ISSUE-76: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-76: Microdata - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-76: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-76 Microdata/RDFa (DRAFT) - January 7, 2010.

ISSUE-74: canvas-accessibility

• ISSUE-74 Provide a method for canvas subtree to be hidden from all users By Steve Faulkner and Richard Schwerdtfeger, March 16, 2010.
• ISSUE-74: Provide accessibility information for driving screen magnifier tracking of focus rectangle and caret selection and to prevent blink rate seizures By Steve Faulkner and Richard Schwerdtfeger, June 10, 2010.
• ISSUE-74 Don't use adom, improve image maps (For Canvas) By Charles McCathieNevile, February 25, 2010.

ISSUE-74 and ISSUE-105: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-74: canvas-accessibility and ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-74: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-74 canvas-accessibility and ISSUE-105 canvas-usemap

ISSUE-66: image-analysis

• ISSUE-66 Remove Image Heuristics Paragraph from img Element Section By Matt May, January 14, 2010.
• ISSUE-66 Change Proposal: no change By Ian Hickson, March 9, 2010.
• ISSUE-66 Change Proposal: be more explicit about potential repair techniques By Ian Hickson, March 9, 2010.

ISSUE-66: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-66: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-66: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-66 - Image Analysis Heuristics June 1, 2010.

ISSUE-56: urls-webarch

• RE: HTML CHANGE PROPOSAL; change definition of URL to normative reference to IRIBIS By Larry Masinter, February 25, 2010.
• Change definition of URL to normatively reference IRI specification using a well-defined interface. By Ian Hickson, April 5, 2010
• Change proposal for ISSUE-56 By Adam Barth, July 14, 2010

ISSUE-56: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-56: urls-webarch - Straw Poll for Objections - March 4 to 11.

ISSUE-56: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-56 (urls-webarch) - Sam Ruby, March 19, 2011.

ISSUE-55: head-profile

• ISSUE-55: Re-enable @profile in HTML5 (draft 2) By Manu Sporny, November 3, 2009.

ISSUE-41: Decentralized-extensibility

• ISSUE-41 Proposal compatible with XML namespaces By Rob Ennals, March 15, 2010.
• ISSUE-41 Simpler proposal that only allows attributes By Rob Ennals, March 15, 2010.
• ISSUE-41 Proposal following the model used by SVG and MathML By Rob Ennals, March 22, 2010.
• ISSUE-41 Generalize the mechanism used for SVG and MathML By Rob Ennals, March 23, 2010.
• ISSUE-41 There is no problem and the proposed remedy is to change nothing. By Ian Hickson, March 24, 2010.
• ISSUE-41 html:xmlns By Leif Halvard Silli, August 9, 2010.
• ISSUE-41 Proposal by Edward O'Connor, et al, September ?, 2010

ISSUE-41: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-41: Decentralized-extensibility - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-41: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-41 (Decentralized extensibility) - Sam Ruby, February 3, 2011.

ISSUE-32: table-summary

• ISSUE-32 Summary Change Proposal Nov 18, 2009 By Cynthia Shelly, November 18, 2009.
• ISSUE-32 Details element as a replacement for summary attribute By Cynthia Shelly, February 15, 2010.
• ISSUE-32 Cell API for Table By Wendy Chisholm, February 15, 2010.
• ISSUE-32 Make the table summary attribute valid and conforming By Laura Carlson, February 22, 2010.
• ISSUE-32 A media independent way to provide table info in the caption element. A change to the caption element, to solve the summary deadlock. By Leif Halvard Silli, March 4, 2010. ISSUE-32 Comparison: Trying to summarize the summary approaches on the table By Leif Halvard Silli, March 4, 2010
• ISSUE-32 Change summary from an attribute to an element By Gregory J. Rosmaita, March 4, 2010.
• ISSUE-32 Change proposal for ISSUE-32 By Ian Hickson, July 15, 2010.
• Reinstate Table Summary by Joshue O Connor July, 2011

ISSUE-32: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-32: how to provide a summary of a table, e.g. for unsighted navigation?
  • ISSUE-32: table-summary - Revised Straw Poll for Objections Paul Cotton, March 20, 2011.

ISSUE-32: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-32 table-summary Sam Ruby, April 5, 2011.

ISSUE-31: missing-alt

• Change Proposal Choices for Alt ISSUE

• ISSUE-31 Split out and modify parts of Section 4.8.2.1 the img element Change Proposal By Steve Faulkner, December 9, 2009.
  • HTML5: Techniques for Providing Useful Text Alternatives
• Correct and Improve <img> Conformance Checker Guidance By Laura Carlson, January 26, 2010.
  • Endorsement of Replace img Guidance for Conformance Checkers Proposal - HTML-A11Y Task Force.
• Null change proposal for ISSUE-31 By Ian Hickson, March 24, 2010.
• incomplete/missing attribute variant of the January 26, 2010 proposal. By Laura Carlson, April 27, 2010. WAI CG said they would not oppose a missing attribute.
• Require alt. Correct Definition to Provide Equality. Replace Guidance for Conformance Checkers. By Laura Carlson, May 4, 2010. (makes alt and src attributes equivalent.)
• Require alt Ala HTML4. Replace img Definition and Guidance for Conformance Checkers By Laura Carlson, May 10, 2010.
• Correct and Improve <img> Conformance Checker Guidance By Laura Carlson, July 6, 2010.
• Correct <img> Conformance Checker Guidance By Laura Carlson, July 7, 2010.
• Change proposals for ISSUE-31 and ISSUE-80 By Ian Hickson, July 15, 2010.
• Change Proposal: First 2 Paragraphs of the Definition of img by Gregory J. Rosmaita, November 11, 2010

ISSUE-31: Straw Poll for Objections

• ISSUE-31/80: What to do about validation when the image element is missing the alt attribute - Straw Poll for Objections A
• ISSUE-31/80: What text should be used for the img element definition - Straw Poll for Objections B
• ISSUE-31/80: Text Alternative Examples - Straw Poll for Objections C

ISSUE-31: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-31 / ISSUE-80 requirements survey Sam Ruby, April 18, 2011
• Decision on ISSUE-31 / ISSUE-80 verbiage survey - Sam Ruby, April 18, 2011
• Decision on ISSUE-31 / ISSUE-80 validation survey - Maciej Stachowiak, April 18, 2011

ISSUE-31: Formal Objections

• normative requirements that directly contradict WCAG 2.0 Steve Faulkner, April 18, 2011
• Objection to generator decision Leif Halvard Silli, April 19, 2011
• Formal Objection to Location of "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives" - Janina Sajka May 23, 2011

ISSUE-31: Reopen

• Updated Re-Open Request and Change Proposal on Meta Generator - Judy Brewer, Mike Smith, Laura Carlson, Janina Sajka, May 2, 2012.
• (Change Proposal to Re-open ISSUE-31) meta name=generator does not make missing alt conforming - Steve Faulkner, July 8, 2011.
• movealt - Steve Faulkner, February 10, 2012.
• location of alt guidance (Draft Change Proposal) - Michael Cooper, July 14, 2011.
• Text Alternatives Ownership - Michael Cooper, February 7, 2011.

ISSUE-30: longdesc

• Issue 30 longdesc Change Proposal By Charles McCathieNevile, December 17, 2009.
• ISSUE-30 Longdesc Conforming With Warning By Maciej Stachowiak, February 22, 2010.
• ISSUE-30 counter-proposal (longdesc) By Ian Hickson, February 14, 2010.
  • ISSUE-30 counter-proposal (update) By Ian Hickson, February 22, 2010.

ISSUE-30: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-30: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-30: Decision

• Decision on ISSUE-30 (longdesc) - on August 11, 2010.
  • Issue 30 Change Proposal: Include longdesc in HTML5 by Laura L. Carlson, January 31, 2011.
    • Issue 30 Change Proposal: <a longdesc=link> - By Leif Halvard Silli, June 22, 2011.
    • Issue 30 Zero edit longdesc proposal - By Matt Turvey, June 25, 2011.

ISSUE-27: rel-ownership

• ISSUE-27 Replace Wiki-Based Link Relation Registry with IANA registry proposed by "Web Linking" - By Mark Nottingham, January 21,2010.
• CP for ISSUE-27 (the rel registry thing) by Ian Hickson, Oct 22, 2010.
• Rel Registry at the W3C by Henri Sivonen, Nov 8, 2010
• Defer to the Microformats community for cataloging HTML rel values by Edward O'Connor, December 8, 2010

ISSUE-27: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-27: rel-ownership Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-27: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-27 rel-ownership Sam Ruby, April 8, 2011

ISSUE-9: video-accessibility

• New Declarative Syntax for Associating Synchronized Text to Media Elements By HTML Accessibility Task Force.
• JavaScript API for a Multitrack Media Resource By HTML Accessibility Task Force.

ISSUE-9: Closed by Amicable Consensus

ISSUE-9 as CLOSED by amicable consent Sam Ruby, March 4, 2011.

ISSUE-4: HTML Versioning and DOCTYPEs

• ISSUE-84 DOCTYPE versioning change proposal (ISSUE-4) By Larry Masinter, December 1, 2009.
• Change Proposal to allow much more general DOCTYPE syntax to be conforming, possibly including optional version information. By Larry Masinter, January 2, 2010.
• Change Proposal to not put a version indicator in the DOCTYPE By Adam Barth, February 21, 2010.

ISSUE-4: Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-4 and 84: ISSUE-4 & ISSUE-84: HTML5 versioning and doctypes - Straw Poll for Objections

ISSUE-4: Decision

Decision on ISSUE-4 (html-versioning) and ISSUE-84 (legacy-doctypes) - Sam Ruby, December 14, 2010.

ISSUE-1: PINGPOST and ISSUE-2: PINGUI

• ISSUE-1 and ISSUE-2 Remove ping and hyperlink auditing () By Roy T. Fielding, December 5 2009.
• ISSUE-1 and ISSUE-2 Zero-edits Counter Proposal (Ping) By Tab Atkins, February 15, 2010.

ISSUE-1 and 2: Decision

remove @ping from HTML5 March 4, 2010.