RE: Short and long descriptions for links

 

 -----Original Message----- 
 From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org on behalf of Patrick Lauke 
 


 From: Matthew J. Giustino
 > Just for clarification, you are saying that "longdesc"
 > may be more appropriate to use than the "title" attribute?
 
 Aeh...*no*, I didn't mention longdesc anywhere in my reply, did I?
 
 I just adopted the terminology the thread starter used in the subject
 line...
 
 This makes most of your points moot, as I know that longdesc can't
 be used on A elements, isn't exposed to keyboard users, etc
 
 We're in agreement here that longdesc can't be used.
 
 Patrick
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 I'm trying to rationalise which type of images (with the exception of graphs and visual data presentation) that need a longdesc without sighted readers also needing that description available. Graphs and data images (my term), being the visual interpretation of some data - do they need to be described or does the data need to be stated? I can think of instances where either one or both would be suitable.

 John

 (allegedly on annual leave)