- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:45:37 -0700
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Matt May <mattmay@adobe.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Apr 23, 2010, at 18:41 , Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi Dave, > >>> I think this is a fair compromise between the people who value >>> accessibility, and the ones who don't, but still want to be valid. Either >>> way, they need to do something in line with their preference in order to >>> validate. >> >> So, did the proposal include adding such an attribute? > > As I mentioned [1], Both "generated" and "missing" attributes were in > earlier versions of the change proposal. I took them out at the > request of the people who attended the face-to-face meeting. I'm not > sure why they wanted them out. The missing text was very similar to: > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/IssueAltAttribute#Missing_Attribute > So it would need improvement. > > Missing could go into a separate Change Proposal or returned to this > one if people think it is a good idea and we can iron out the > technical details and get the text right. Hi Laura thanks for the background. I'm troubled that we may have been voting on half a change proposal, therefore. But maybe we should hear why it was sliced. Anyone? David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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