Re: Two efforts to kill longdesc

Hi John and all,

In the initial decision the Chairs said, "alternatives exists
(explicit links, aria-describedby, figure captions)".

Currently none of the proposed solutions alternatives are functional
replacements [1] for longdesc.

Paul, Sam, and Maciej, if ARIA provides a functional replacement will
not the Chairs then kill off longdesc?

Some would be happy to sacrifice longdesc in exchange for ARIA
promotion/incorporation. longdesc has been a PF bargaining chip from
the start [2].

> I think you are reading more into this than there is.

I hope you are right. The new decision for Issue 30 will provide the answer.

Best Regards,
Laura

[1] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld-solutions.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/2009/06/Text-Alternatives-in-HTML5.html

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Laura L. Carlson