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Subject: Re: [office-accessibility] Agenda: August 25 ODF AccessibilitySubcommittee Meeting


Regrets - again I can't make it :(

Malte.

Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote, On 21.08.08 20:55:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> This is the agenda for the OASIS ODF Accessibility subcommittee meeting:
> Monday August 25, at 7am PT / 9am CT / 10am ET / 4pm CET / 11pm Japan
> time. Please use our usual (and unpublished) dial-in, and our usual IRC
> channel: *&office-accessibility* at *irc.oasis-open.org *
> 
> Based on the last discussion with the ODF TC we need to be looking to
> get things wrapped in September regarding requirements. We do face some
> hurdles as we don't feel the ODF 1.2 spec. is really ready for review.
> So, we are still focusing on ODF Accessibility Guidelines.
> *
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> Agenda:*
> 
> Note: This is a short call. If there is any progress on the action items in
> 
> 1. Identify Scribe
> 
> 2. Approval of Minutes August 18 Meeting?
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office-accessibility/email/archives/200808/msg00025.html
> 
> 3. Charts being backed by tables.
> _
> __http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/email/archives/200808/msg00068.html_
> 
> Action Item: Rich's call with Rob Weir
> 
> - Cover agreement on rendering data
> - Suggestions on creating an informative BPG tied to 1.2 spec.
> - Spec. release targeted for end Q109 currently
> 
> Action Item: Pete to follow-up with OpenOffice and Symphony on how to
> provide access to <chart:series> chart:values-cell-range-address attribute
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/email/archives/200808/msg00054.html
> to follow-up with OpenOffice and Symphony on how to provide access to
> <chart:series> chart:values-cell-range-address attribute
> 
> Discuss two videos at (Hopefully some of us will have time to view):
> 
> http://mediacast.sun.com/share/korn/chart-accessibility-challenge.ogg
> http://mediacast.sun.com/share/korn/chart-in-writer.behavior.ogg
> 
> 3. Radio Grouping Disposition:
> 
> Pete Action item Get input for "Best Practices Guide" from implementors
> on how to best implement radio groups as follow up to today's action
> item 4 (quoted above).
> This seemed to be acceptable:
> 
> Rich Comment: Seems like there is available with Form:Frame. Unlike
> (X)HTML, ODF supports XForms and there should be no limitation on the
> number of forms you can have and consequently there should be no
> limitations on Form:Frame usage. It looks like we can have form.frame
> and use the labeling capabilities form:for associate the label text with
> the frame making this a BPG discussion.
> 
> From Michael Brauer: the label would be a <form:fixed-text> element. It
> has an (optional) attribute "form:for" which contains the ID of a
> control for which the text is a label. The same attribute is actually
> existing for the <form:frame> element which defines a group box. Her, it
> can be used to specify that the group box is the label for a set of
> radio buttons.
> 
>                                               # Discussion thread:
>                                                 _http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office-accessibility/email/archives/200808/msg00012.html_
> 
> 4. Discuss Being an Informational document in the 1.2 suite which would
> be referenced by the ODF 1.2 series of specifications
> 
> 5. Action items needing attention
> 
>                                               # Janina to modify
>                                                 accessibility guidelines
>                                                 to state how common
>                                                 field attributes
>                                                 (section 6.7 of the ODF
>                                                 1.2 spec.) should be
>                                                 supplied to the AT. The
>                                                 field attributes would
>                                                 indicate whether
>                                                 something were a
>                                                 Boolean, Gregorian date,
>                                                 etc.
>                                               # Janina to clarify text
>                                                 in section 3.4
>                                               # Peter to add a new
>                                                 section with guidelines
>                                                 as to how to provide
>                                                 tracking information to
>                                                 ATs.
>                                               # Peter to modify
>                                                 guidelines to ensure
>                                                 applications respond to
>                                                 system font and color
>                                                 settings.
>                                               # Peter will add
>                                                 explanation that this
>                                                 ODF 1.1 OLE embedding
>                                                 for presentation tables
>                                                 is no longer supported
>                                                 and that native ODF
>                                                 tables are used in 1.2
>                                               # Pete to investigate if
>                                                 there are any new charts
>                                                 not backed by tables
>                                                 (see above discussion)
>                                               # Pete to document how to
>                                                 navigate to those tables
>                                                 in OpenOffice and
>                                                 Symphony. (see above
>                                                 discussion)
>                                               # Steve Noble to look at
>                                                 formulas specification
>                                                 identify data that would
>                                                 update frequently, such
>                                                 as volatile formula
>                                                 information that would
>                                                 require the Office
>                                                 application to inform
>                                                 the AT of updates
>                                                 sections. Will complete
>                                                 by next meeting.
>                                               # Rich to provide base
>                                                 document for ODF 1.2
>                                                 change specification
>                                                 (starting with
>                                                 caption-id reference) to
>                                                 Mike Paciello. Mike is
>                                                 to own the requirements
>                                                 document for ODF 1.2
>                                                 which will be submitted
>                                                 to the ODF TC. Rich is
>                                                 waiting on a decision as
>                                                 to where the ODF schema
>                                                 is to reside (separate
>                                                 or within the base
>                                                 document). 
> 
> 
> Latest Office 1.2 specifications:
> _http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/documents.php_
> 
> 
> 
> Rich Schwerdtfeger
> Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
> Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board
> blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/schwer


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