- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:55:28 -0600
- To: WAI Working Group <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
Is the LONGDESC attribute a URL or an embedded text string? Or could it be either and the the browser can figure it out? Jon At 05:56 PM 7/22/97 +1000, you wrote: >On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: > >> This would seem to be the same issue as D-tag or LONGDESC >> Yes? >> Gregg >> >Indeed, this is the same issue. The proposed LONGDESC (formerly ALTSRC) >attribute for the IMG element would presumably enable long descriptions to >be associated with image maps. I have not looked at the coding in detail, >but the HTML 4.0 specification also provides an example of an image map >constructed using the OBJECT element. It should be possible to create a >link to the long description in this case as well. User agents, perhaps >with the aid of styles, would need to render the LONGDESC link differently >from other links that are associated with the image map. > > > > Jon Gunderson Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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