- From: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:08:52 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
Al wrote: >Whether it will be easier to persuade and train people to >implement accessible websites with visible links to descriptions >or the LONGDESC attribute -- that's an open question and a >judgement call. I believe that both the ALT= and LONGDESC= (or it's equivalent) need NOT be "sold" to content authors, but sold to the HTML group as "required". If these attributes are missing, the HTML should be considered incorrect and not to spec. The IPO should help "train" the content authors to do a good job of filling in the ALT= and LONGDECSC= with meaningful and appropriate information; elaborate descriptions for elaborate images, and null strings for null images (e.g., empty images used for positioning) Phill Jenkins (678-4517 tieline) 512 838-4517 IBM Special Needs Fax: 512 838-9367 11501 Burnet Rd pjenkins@us.ibm.com Austin TX 78758 http:// www.ibm.com/sns
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