RE: Expanding longdesc use

In each case, it should be extended to all kinds of embedded and graphical content, i.e. for <object>, <svg>, <canvas> etc. for these may contain partially or completely inaccessible content that may need an accessible description reference.

Regards
Stefan

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshue O Connor [mailto:joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie] 
Sent: Mittwoch, 14. März 2012 10:03
To: Laura Carlson
Cc: Silvia Pfeiffer; HTML Accessibility Task Force; W3C WAI-XTECH
Subject: Re: Expanding longdesc use

Laura Carlson wrote:
> Hi Silvia,
>
> In the other thread you said,
>
>> My main reason for going for another attribute is that I
>> want it used for more than just<img>.
>
> No reason why longdesc could not do that. John has longdesc
> incorporated into a couple of his media change proposals. If I recall
> correctly Janina may have mentioned at one time for a replacement for
> a table summary.

Yes, thats right. Personally, I think its a great idea. I would really 
like to see the core functionality of @longdesc given a broader reach 
(as a global long descriptor that could span multiple content types).

There are certainly use cases, however as we have seen, articulating 
them to satisfy the HTML5 WG can be difficult.

Cheers

Josh

Received on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:07:31 UTC