- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:58:47 -0700
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, 'Charles McCathie Nevile' <chaals@yandex-team.ru>, public-html-a11y@w3.org, 'Jeanne Spellman' <jeanne@w3.org>, 'Jan Richards' <jrichards@ocadu.ca>
On Aug 15, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > Hi, James– > > On 8/15/13 5:35 PM, James Craig wrote: >> >> On Aug 15, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: >> >>> On 8/15/13 1:07 PM, John Foliot wrote: >>>> James Craig wrote: >>>>>>>>> 3. @longdesc is inappropriate for SVG graphics. Make >>>>>>>>> the SVG DOM >>>>> accessible instead. >>> >>> This may be a misleading statement. We have to look at different >>> scenarios to assess its truth value. >>> >>> If an SVG is referenced from an <img> element […] its DOM is not >>> available, >> >> That's not true. Rendering engines load the DOM in order to display >> it, so rendering engines can (and WebKit does) make that DOM >> accessible whether it's inline SVG or referenced from an IMG >> element. > > Interesting. I knew the DOM was there internally, but how is the DOM exposed to users? Can you get to it through script? The rendering engine's internal model is exposed to the accessibility APIs. I don't think an author can get to the SVG DOM through JavaScript if that's what you're asking, unless it's through a shadow-DOM-like interface, which I have not tested. James
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