Re: Is longdesc a good solution? (was: Acessibility of <audio> and <video>)

James Craig 2008-09-07 08.32:

> Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
>
>> So aria-describedby contains a URI and not - as I thought - an IDREF?
>> That indeed sounds like eating into the field of @longdesc and
>> stretching the intent of @aria-describedby.
>
> No, you misunderstood my comment. I included a code sample in the
> original email.


Ah, sorry. I repaste the code here - somewhat shortened:

<div role=img aria-labelledby=myImage aria-describedby=aLongDesc >
     <img id=myImage src=img.png
          alt="Chart showing Candidate X's 12% lead." … >
     <a id=aLongDesc href=fullData.html rel=longdesc >
     Spreadsheet including full data set referenced in this chart.
     </a></div>

Since you used the word "full data set", I guess the spreadsheet 
will not be a textual equivalent of the chart, but rather an 
augmented - full - version of the background material.

If so, then it does IMHO not fullfill the role of a @longdesc 
resource, since the @longdesc URI should merely have contained a 
textual variant of the Chart. (@longdesc = "long @alt".)
-- 
leif halvard silli

Received on Sunday, 7 September 2008 16:25:06 UTC