- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:00:12 -0400
- To: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
The HTML-A11Y Task Force Face to Face offers the following candidate resolution for adoption by the TF. Discussion in email is welcome--simply reply to this message. This resolution will appear on our teleconference agenda this Thursday. Also, a WBS survey will shortly be announced where you may vote on it. RESOLUTION: While the HTML-A11Y Task Force prefers the proposal that restores longdesc without warning we are prepared to accept the alternative proposal at http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/LongdescConformingWithWarning to produce a warning (assuming we can agree to warning text) RATIONALE: In reaching this consensus the Face to Face meeting considered and agreed to the following resolutions of principle: RESOLUTION: There is a need for some mechanism that supports longer descriptions. RESOLUTION: People agree to have in page descriptions. RESOLUTION: Group agrees that we should have out of page descriptions, but has concerns about its implementation. RESOLUTION: The group wants longdesc to continue in HTML 5. RESOLUTION: The group does NOT want longdesc to continue indefinitely in future versions of HTML, although some people objected to this decision. RESOLUTION: We do want aria-describedby functionality to replace longdesc. RESOLUTION: we do not want to ask for a new feature in HTML 5 to replace longdesc. RESOLUTION: We do not want to change aria-describedby to support descriptions in a separate page in the ARIA 1.0 time frame. RESOLUTION: aria-describedby should be enhanced in the ARIA 2.0 time frame to support external descriptions (out of page). RESOLUTION: We can live with a two step process, in which users follow an aria-describedby reference to a link and then must follow the link to get the actual description, but we do not prefer it. -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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