[Bug 21437] Say that @longdesc should point to *accessible* descriptions

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21437

Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|FIXED                       |---

--- Comment #4 from Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> ---
I visited this bug, with the intention to verify it as closed. However, I don't
see that you added the word 'accessible' yet:

(From comment #1)
> I'd be happy to add "accessible" to the description.

I thought this meant that you would do something like this:

]] The URL is a hyperlink to _AN ACESSIBLE_ description [[

I see that you added this NOTE:

]] This document does not define accessibility. For further guidance on making
the description an accessible document, authors should consult [[

If that note said 'accessible' and not 'accessibility' and if the preceding
normative text said, 'an accessible description', then it would have been more
the way I was hoping. (As it stands, the word 'accessibility' hangs a bit in
the air.)

Since am in this corner, then I don't think you took action on this:

(From comment #1)
> I would also be happy to add an informative note pointing out that a link to
> a larger version of the image is a petently inadequate description for
> almost all users, and should not be considered a valid implementation.

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