Re: longdesc (was Re: minutes: HTML Accessibility Task Force Weekly Call 2011-03-31 [draft])

On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Laura Carlson wrote:

> Hi Steve and all,
> 
> Thank you very much for your reply.
> 
>> my understanding and thoughts:
>> 
>> 1.the html task force seek to have an agreed position on longdesc in a
>> short time frame
> 
> That would be good.
> 
> I think we will have until sometime in May before the Chairs call for
> counter proposals. Sam, Paul or Maciej Is this correct? When is the
> soonest that the Chairs will call for Issue 30 counter proposals?

We will not call for counter-proposals until after Last Call, which would be late May at the earliest.  We are pleased with the constructive tenor of the conversation on public-html about this topic, and likely will not move to cut it off prematurely.

Once we post the call for counter-proposals, then there is still time to revise the original Change Proposal.

At the present time, I would recommend focus on discussion within the full WG rather than on locking down a finalized Change Proposal. That would increase the odds of addressing more objections, and gaining support for the pro-longdesc side of the issue beyond what was seen originally.

Regards,
Maciej

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