[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Collections Browse Error in Public Interface, v2.2.1

Mon Dec 11 14:02:37 EST 2017

Sure, here's an export of a tiny collection showing a couple of wrapped
diacritics in the custodial history.

We haven't yet done any testing of the PUI--or the staff interface, for
that matter--with screen readers; what we know of how the ʻokina (the
glottal stop marker, ʻ) interacts with them comes mostly from
Library-wide testing of WordPress and LibGuides.   (And from that testing
we know that vowels with macrons don't normally confuse screen readers, so
we haven't been coding words containing them, e.g. Mānoa, with aria-label
attributes.)

I'm not sure what fonts we're using in WordPress and LibGuides.  I'd assume
they're pretty standard, but I'll ask.

-Leilani.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:58 AM, Custer, Mark <mark.custer at yale.edu> wrote:

> Leilani,
>
>
> Could you attach an example EAD file?  I'm curious what happens when
> Unicode characters are used in place of the character entities.  I'm
> wondering if the issue might simply be that the font used doesn't include
> italic characters for the character entities that are tagged as italic (as
> an aside, what fonts do you use outside of ArchivesSpace?).  Either way,
> it would be nice to add these examples to some test scripts for
> ArchivesSpace.
>
>
> Mark
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of
> Leilani Dawson <ltdawson at hawaii.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 8, 2017 3:45 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Collections Browse Error in
> Public Interface, v2.2.1
>
> Yes, all of our accessibility-wrapped diacritics are in html tags.
>
> (Occasionally we have notes where words labeled with alternate text are
> nested within EAD elements such as <title> or <persname> or the like, but
> those EAD elements are not as critical for us as the <span> with aria-label
> attribute.)
>
> I'll ask our IT folks to put together a 2.2 test instance so I can upload
> a finding aid with diacritics and see whether the new PUI handles it in a
> screen-reader-friendly manner.
>
> Thanks,
> -Leilani
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Christine Di Bella <
> christine.dibella at lyrasis.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Leilani,
>
>
>
> Thanks for making me dig into this a bit more and for explaining one of
> the reasons tagging around a diacritic may be especially necessary. For
> your use case, is your tagging always like your example? If so, there’s
> sanitizer for HTML in the PUI that allows this kind of tagging to sail
> through just fine. It is XML tags like <emph> that we’re seeing this bug
> on.
>
>
>
> There was some accessibility work that went into the development of the
> new PUI, but it would be good to know that what makes this kind of tagging
> work in the PUI doesn’t also cause the same issue for screen readers that
> is the reason for you wrapping the text originally. Can you test this out
> locally or upload a finding aid to http://test.archivesspace.org
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__test.archivesspace.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=7Ez68qVcrmRD6nn1FqwoHBDEOxeRUCPm3xGvnFT0zjU&m=3hrk0xcC4ZChzrpcCh0CQ_Gvang7BVjr4txYuvjxyM8&s=ojcyFCMoM3zS9hpwYf4E7AnqB96za3sLtX6PZ20VkFM&e=>
> and try it out?
>
>
>
> Christine
>
>
>
> Christine Di Bella
>
> ArchivesSpace Program Manager
>
> christine.dibella at lyrasis.org
>
> 800.999.8558 x2905 <(800)%20999-8558>
>
> 678-235-2905 <(678)%20235-2905>
>
> cdibella13 (Skype)
>
>
>
> [image: ASpaceOrgHomeMedium]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Leilani
> Dawson
> *Sent:* Friday, December 8, 2017 1:13 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group at lyr
> alists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Collections Browse Error in
> Public Interface, v2.2.1
>
>
>
> Hi Christine,
>
> I see this is listed in JIRA as a minor issue, but is there any guess for
> when it might be addressed?
>
> Certain Hawaiian-language diacritics "break" screen readers, so in order
> to satisfy both accessibility requirements and UH's mandate to be a
> Hawaiian place of learning, the Library has started wrapping these
> diacritics in <span> tags with aria-label attributes.   (E.g.: <span
> aria-label="Hawaii">Hawaiʻi</span>)   ArchivesSpace 2.1 and 2.2 not
> being able to handle wrapped diacritics might preclude us from going
> forward with using the public user interface and/or upgrading to 2.x. until
> the fix is in.
>
>
> -Leilani.
>
> - -
>
> Leilani Dawson
>
> Manuscript Collections Archivist
>
> University Archives & Manuscripts Department
>
> University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
>
> 2550 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822
>
> ltdawson at hawaii.edu
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:28 AM, Christine Di Bella <
> christine.dibella at lyrasis.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Neal,
>
>
>
> Do you by chance have a collection that has the circumstance described in
> this JIRA ticket: https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/AR-1938
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__archivesspace.atlassian.net_browse_AR-2D1938&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=7Ez68qVcrmRD6nn1FqwoHBDEOxeRUCPm3xGvnFT0zjU&m=3hrk0xcC4ZChzrpcCh0CQ_Gvang7BVjr4txYuvjxyM8&s=VMpZ3HzcFod2VlOa_Q5TAqIkbX5K9NFmJ-9RGxTgJRI&e=>
> (A diacritic wrapped in a tag.) Most likely it would be in the scope and
> contents note or abstract field if the error is happening from the
> collection browse.
>
>
>
> If so, and that record appears on the first page of your all collection
> browse, that may be what’s causing the issue. You would also get a “We’re
> sorry something went wrong” when trying to view that particular record or
> on a search that includes that particular record. If you have multiple
> repositories, that would also explain why a collection browse that’s scoped
> to another repository would not yield that issue.
>
>
>
> This is a reported issue for all 2.1 and 2.2 versions. The workaround for
> now would be to remove either the tagging or the diacritic, but we hope to
> fix this issue for a future release.
>
>
>
> If you don’t have that circumstance, we’ll need to delve into this more
> deeply.
>
>
>
> Christine
>
>
>
> Christine Di Bella
>
> ArchivesSpace Program Manager
>
> christine.dibella at lyrasis.org
>
> 800.999.8558 x2905 <(800)%20999-8558>
>
> 678-235-2905 <(678)%20235-2905>
>
> cdibella13 (Skype)
>
>
>
> [image: ASpaceOrgHomeMedium]
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] *On Behalf Of *Harmeyer,
> Neal A
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 7, 2017 5:45 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group at lyr
> alists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Collections Browse Error in Public
> Interface, v2.2.1
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I wonder if anyone else has experienced this issue?
>
>
>
> When selecting the Collections browse (/repositories/resources) from the
> header in the public interface, version 2.2.1, the system throws an error
> message that reads 'Your request could not be completed due to an
> unexpected error'. This only occurs for Collections browse; all other areas
> continue to load without issue—so our systems administrator isn’t sure this
> could be cause by any web server configurations. I’ve been able to cause
> the failure on our dev site by repeatedly selecting the Collections browse
> over a short period of time.
>
>
>
> We didn’t experience this in any past versions. A restart of the server
> removes the issue for a period of time but then it re-appears; there is
> nothing in our logs to point to a cause of the problem.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions would be helpful!
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Neal
>
>
>
> --
>
> Neal Harmeyer
>
> Digital Archivist
>
> Purdue Univesity Archives and Special Collections
>
> Purdue University Libraries
>
> harmeyna at purdue.edu
>
>
>
>
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