- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:30:01 +0100
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Laura Carlson, Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:09:44 -0600: >> Let's take a brief review of where we are today--where the existing >> approach has lead us: >> >> * We have no workable mechanism for longer text descriptions. We >> * haven't had one for almost a full year now. It doesn't appear >> * the WG is about to provide one anytime soon. > > Actually it has been since 2007. longdesc never was included in HTML5 > from the start. With regard to the purpose of the Change Proposal: Unless the intention is to create a third version of HTML5 - or at least an extension to HTML5, a move of the Alt techniques guideline[s] from HTML5 to another place, is not going to impact @longdesc's obsoleted status. -- Leif Halvard Silli
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