2026–05–01

Minutes from meeting on May 1, 2026

Attendance (10): Patrick H. Lauke, Bruce Bailey, Adam Page, Francis Storr, Giacomo Petri, Scott O'Hara, Ken Franqueiro, Duff Johnson, Lori Oakley, Jonny James

Note it is Labour Day (International Workers' Day) in various countries, which may impact attendance.

Drafted

• PR #5089: Add clarification that moving phone/tablet camera for QR/bar code is not a motion actuation concern
  • Note that currently there is no SC that would fail as a result of a process e.g. requiring a QR code that requires maneuvering a phone
  • Moved to Ready for approval
• PR #5077: Update ARIA23 and server log working example to remove aria-relevant
  • Re-do of #4996 due to aria-relevant having major implementation flaws in Chrome/Edge
  • Moved to Ready for approval
• Issue #5087: SC 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication: Phone numbers are not personal, permanent, or universal
  • Proposed response clarifying that WCAG does not state whether or not a phone number is an acceptable form of authentication, and this is beyond the scope of WCAG
  • Response only; moved to Ready for approval
• Issue #1671: Can large headings be exempt from Success Criterion 1.4.4 Resize text?
  • Not an exception in WCAG 2; being tackled in WCAG 3
  • Response only; moved to Ready for approval
• #4884: 1.4.4 and 1.4.10 – Refresh or not?
  • Not considered a failure
  • Potentially related: #2771: Success Criterion 1.3.4: Orientation - Content breaks while switching from one orientation to the other
  • Response only; moved to Ready for approval
• Issue #4113: 3.1.2 Language of Parts clarification
  • Do language names count as proper names and therefore fall into 3.1.2's exception?
  • However, language names in their respective languages likely benefit from lang attributes , e.g. for pronunciation purposes
  • Scott suggested this might also be worth a note in Understanding; Patrick willing to think about filing that separately
  • Response only; moved to Ready for approval
• PR #5064: Update 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast to address concerns about visual boundaries
  • Removes spurious placeholder example
  • Clarifies some failing text input examples
  • Scott pinged Sarah Higley to have a look, since she reported the original issue
  • Moved to Ready for approval
  • Francis and Ken note that this and Adam's PR #4960 will conflict