RE: Call for Consensus: longdesc stand-alone spec

I support this.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles McCathie Nevile [mailto:chaals@yandex-team.ru]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 9:48 PM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> this is a call for Consensus on the following proposition:
> 
> The HTML Accessibility Task Force requests that the HTML Image Description
> Extension be treated as a stand-alone specification, published if possible as a
> Recommendation as fast as it meets the relevant process requirements.
> 
> Positive responses are preferred but silence will be considered assent.
> Responses will be accepted until midnight Hawaiian time Tuesday 31st
> December 2013.
> 
> Background:
> This issue has been discussed at numerous Task Force teleconferences.
> While the specification depends on the img element in the HTML5
> specification, it appears very unlikely that that element will be changed in a
> way that breaks the dependency. Current W3C Policy, as demonstrated in
> precedents such as the Geolocation API, Web Storage, and the Widget
> Interface, allows a specification to move forward if its normative references
> are considered highly stable even if they are not formally completed.
> 
> This would therefore allow the HTML Image Description Extension to
> progress in a "natural" timeframe, rather than being held up for a purely
> administrative restriction on publishing.
> 
> For the Task Force
> chaals
> co-coordinator
> 
> --
> Charles McCathie Nevile - Consultant (web standards) CTO Office, Yandex
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Received on Thursday, 19 December 2013 15:12:10 UTC