Open Issues

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Introduction

List of issues for discussion, please feel free to add details. At this early stage the list is not by any means definitive or indicative of any consensus, it is merely a list of areas of contention in my (Steve Faulkner's) mind in relation to the current HTML 5 specification. It is hoped in the days, months and years to come that these areas of contention will be more fully discussed and researched, until a consensus can be reached and solutions implemented in HTML 5 where needed.

alt attribute

Omitting alt Attribute for Critical Content

Request for PFWG WAI Advise and Responses
  1. Request for PFWG WAI review of Omitting alt Attribute for Critical Content - Laura, Steve, Gregory, Joshue, Philip, Robert - October 23, 2007
  2. Official PFWG Response: PFWG WAI review of Omitting alt Attribute for Critical Content - Al Gilman, February 6, 2008
  3. Awaiting HTML 5 Working Group Response. It is Working Group ISSUE-31
  4. HTML tracker action item: draft text for HTML 5 spec to require producers/authors to include @alt on img elements - Action 54

canvas element

longdesc attribute

summary attribute

headers attribute

headers References

Request for PFWG Advise and Responses
  1. Request to PFWG: headers attribute debate - Laura Carlson, May 27, 2007
  2. Official PFWG Response: RE: headers attribute debate - Al Gilman, June 6, 2007
  3. Awaiting HTML 5 Working Group Response. Related Working Group ISSUE-20

axis attribute

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)

Ian Hickson recently stated: "as far as i can tell, there isn't anything in wairole that isn't catered for by html5" It would be good to check the veracity of this claim in order to identify the areas (if any) where the current HTML 5 spec falls short.

Current and Upcoming Support/Implementations for WAI ARIA

The following is a list of user agents and RIA's that are either supporting or will support, or have started to implement WAI ARIA.

User Agents
  • Firefox
  • Firevox
  • JAWS
  • Window Eyes
  • ZoomText (?)
  • Opera
RIA's
  • Yahoo! mail (beta)
  • Google notebook
  • Google Reader

ARIA References

Design Principles

Video Accessibility

References

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