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Accessible name link in Label in Name understanding document goes nowhere #3907

Closed mbgower closed 3 months ago

mbgower commented 5 months ago

There are two links for "accessible name" in the Understanding document. However, only one of those resolves.

They should both resolve, and it is not clear whether the link should point to https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/#dfn-accessible-name or https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/#namecalculation

patrickhlauke commented 4 months ago

it is not clear whether the link should point to https://www.w3.org/TR/accname-1.2/#dfn-accessible-name or https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/#namecalculation

the former seems far more apropos (the definition of accName) than the latter (an explanation of accName calculation)

patrickhlauke commented 4 months ago

actually, i have a vague memory that at some point we may have discussed having a proper definition (in WCAG) for accessible name. am i misremembering? that clearly didn't happen. i guess since the glossary is normative, it'd be too much of a pain to try and do it "properly" - create a glossary term definition, and change all instances/mentions to link to that

patrickhlauke commented 4 months ago

made a PR for the "simpler" solution of linking to the accName spec's definition (there was a similar reference in Consistent Identification