- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 14:45:28 -0500
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
Hi Janina, > Judy made the point that nothing was explained on today's calls, neither > the TF nor the WG calls, that hasn't been previously explained in > multiple venues over mnay months. Yes. Actually the same material has been rehashed for over two years. Time has been wasted and nothing achieved, except delaying a decision. Let's get on with it. People are waiting for longdesc to be included in HTML5. > Thanks, Laura, for this specific documentation of one such item. You are welcome. Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote: > > Judy made the point that nothing was explained on today's calls, neither > the TF nor the WG calls, that hasn't been previously explained in > multiple venues over mnay months. > > Thanks, Laura, for this specific documentation of one such item. > > Janina > > Laura Carlson writes: >> Hi Sam, >> >> > <rubys> ... perhaps "LongdescZeroEdit" could be be updated >> > to advocate a new "describedby" (sans "aria-") attribute? >> > >> > Sam: someone proposed a specific HTML attribute >> > >> > Janina: I suggested this in the TF meeting. >> >> August 26, 2010 Bug: >> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10455 >> (it was originally named "describedby" (sans "aria-")) >> >> I didn't pursue it as it reinvents the wheel. >> http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/constriants/newattribute.html >> >> Best Regards, >> Laura >> -- >> Laura L. Carlson > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina@rednote.net > > The Linux Foundation > Chair, Open Accessibility: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > -- Laura L. Carlson
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