Re: Re: Techniques for WCAG 2.0 H45 longdesc: Missing on-page description example ( LC-2791) ( LC-2851)

Hi Andrew and Michael,

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Best Regards,
Laura

On 1/16/14, akirkpat@adobe.com <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote:
>  Dear Laura Carlson ,
>
> The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group has reviewed the
> comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the Techniques
> for WCAG 2.0 published on 5 Sep 2013. Thank you for having taken the time
> to review the document and to send us comments!
>
> The Working Group's response to your comment is included below.
>
> Please review it carefully and let us know by email at
> public-comments-wcag20@w3.org if you agree with it or not before 21 January
> 2014. In case of disagreement, you are requested to provide a specific
> solution for or a path to a consensus with the Working Group. If such a
> consensus cannot be achieved, you will be given the opportunity to raise a
> formal objection which will then be reviewed by the Director during the
> transition of this document to the next stage in the W3C Recommendation
> Track.
>
> Thanks,
>
> For the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group,
> Michael Cooper
> W3C Staff Contact
>
>  1.
> http://www.w3.org/mid/CAOavpvftVNKiX0KpBOKeHZrh99tkjsXh5QXQQEi_cUNVBnkOdA@mail.gmail.com
>  2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20130905/
>
>
> =====
>
> Your comment on H45: Using longdesc:
>> Thank you very much for agreeing to provide on-page longdesc syntax in
>> order to help people understand how it works and what limitations exist.
>> I agree with the direction you are taking but suggest helping authors to
>> overcome any limitations by incorporating a end-point solution into
>> H45's verbiage and example as well as pointing out the advantages of
>> using a separate resource by changing:
>>
>>
>> H45: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H45.html
>>
>> Authors can provide a description for an image by including text in a
>> separate resource or within the text of the page containing the image.
>> <ins>An advantage of using a separate resource for the description is
>> that it is easily reusable for multiple instances of the same image, it
>> does not add on-page visual clutter to the original document, and the
>> description's end-point is self evident.</ins> An advantage of providing
>> the description within the same page as the image is that all users can
>> access the description. A limitation of <del>this</del><ins>the
>> on-page</del> method, as well as in providing multiple descriptions on a
>> single separate page, is that current implementations supporting
>> longdesc <del>read all text on the page that follows the start of the
>> long description</del><ins>do not identify the long description's
>> end-point</ins>. <del>As a result, an end user may hear the long
>> description and all content on the page following it, without knowing
>> where the long description is intended to end unless authors provide
>> text to help users identify the end-point of the
>> description.</del><ins>Authors can solve this by providing a well-formed
>> description, which identifies the where the description ends.</ins>
>>
>> [On-page Example]
>> (suggested change is in addition of H3 and P inside the div#desc)
>>
>> <img longdesc="thispage.html#desc"
>>  alt="Line graph of the number of subscribers"
>>  src="http://www.company/images/graph.png">
>> <div id="desc">
>>  <h3>Long Description: Line graph of the number of subscribers</h3>
>>  <!-- Full Description of Graph -->
>>  <p>Long description ends.</p>
>> <div>
>>
>>
>> Laura also suggests various resources for inclusion, below:
>>
>> Related Resources:
>>
>> Description Available in a Separate Document Provides Efficiency
>> http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/constriants/separate-doc.html
>>
>> Forced Visual Encumbrance Adds Visual Clutter
>>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/constriants/visual-encumbrance.html
>>
>> In addition WCAG WG may want to consider demonstrating to authors how to
>> provide an actual long description by replacing the comment: <!-- Full
>> Description of Graph --> with markup.
>>
>> For example:
>>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/moodle_downloads/accessibility_104/examples/pages/graph2.html#desc
>>
>> More longdesc Examples:
>>
>>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/moodle_downloads/accessibility_104/examples/long.html
>>
>>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/moodle_downloads/accessibility_104/104ex1_fixed.html#browsers_stats
>>
>>
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/moodle_downloads/accessibility_104/104ex1_fixed.html#painting
>
>
> Working Group Resolution (LC-2851):
> Thank you for your comment.
>
> We will implement the suggested changes to the second paragraph of the
> description for H45 (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H45.html).  We will
> also implement the suggested change to the example and add links to
> relevant resources.
>
>
> @@Authors can provide a description for an image by including text in a
> separate resource or within the text of the page containing the image.
> <ins>An advantage of using a separate resource for the description is that
> it is easily reusable for multiple instances of the same image, it does not
> add on-page visual clutter to the original document, and the description's
> end-point is apparent to the user.</ins> An advantage of providing the
> description within the same page as the image is that all users can access
> the description. A limitation of <del>this</del><ins>the on-page</del>
> method, as well as in providing multiple descriptions on a single separate
> page, is that current implementations supporting longdesc <del>read all
> text on the page that follows the start of the long
> description</del><ins>do not identify the long description's
> end-point</ins>. <del>As a result, an end user may hear the long
> description and all content on the page following it, without knowing where
> the long description is intended to end unless authors provide text to help
> users identify the end-point of the description.</del><ins>Authors can
> solve this by providing a well-formed description, which identifies the
> where the description ends.</ins>
>
> [On-page Example]
> (suggested change is in addition of H3 and P inside the div#desc)
>
> <img longdesc="thispage.html#desc"
> alt="Line graph of the number of subscribers"
> src="http://www.company/images/graph.png">
> <div id="desc">
> <h3>Long Description: Line graph of the number of subscribers</h3>
> <!-- Full Description of Graph -->
> <p>Long description ends.</p>
> <div>
>
> Resources
> Add listing of tools with support for Longdesc:
> http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/moodle_downloads/accessibility_104/longdesc_tools.html
>
>
>
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>
>
>


-- 
Laura L. Carlson

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