On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:18 PM, David Dailey <david.dailey@sru.edu> wrote: > PNG format, for one example, and SVG for another, both allow the embedding > of metadata into the image itself. Suppose we rewarded the creators of such > images with built-in metadata, by requiring browsers to access that data > directly thereby providing a handy and perhaps more explanatory provenience > and semantics than the web author (who may well not know too much about the > image's history, shutter speed, IP legacy and meaning). Perhaps this has > been proposed already, but it would reduce a bit of the reliance upon the > cursory alt explanations often provided by HTML authors if the images > themselves came with built-in explanations. Interesting, but the metadata can't be updated in an HTML editor, and could not fit the context, if I use for example an image from a bank-image, or as decoration (alt=""). -- Olivier G. http://www.lespacedunmatin.info/blog/Received on Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:33:04 GMT
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