- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:50:57 +0000
- To: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- CC: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, 'Charles McCathie Nevile' <chaals@yandex-team.ru>, public-html-a11y@w3.org, 'Jeanne Spellman' <jeanne@w3.org>, 'Jan Richards' <jrichards@ocadu.ca>
Hi, James– On 8/15/13 5:35 PM, James Craig wrote: > > On Aug 15, 2013, at 12:24 PM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: > >> On 8/15/13 1:07 PM, John Foliot wrote: >>> James Craig wrote: >>>>>>>> 3. @longdesc is inappropriate for SVG graphics. Make >>>>>>>> the SVG DOM >>>> accessible instead. >> >> This may be a misleading statement. We have to look at different >> scenarios to assess its truth value. >> >> If an SVG is referenced from an <img> element […] its DOM is not >> available, > > That's not true. Rendering engines load the DOM in order to display > it, so rendering engines can (and WebKit does) make that DOM > accessible whether it's inline SVG or referenced from an IMG > element. Interesting. I knew the DOM was there internally, but how is the DOM exposed to users? Can you get to it through script? Regards- -Doug
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