Re: Call for Review: HTML5 Image Description Extension (longdesc) Last Call

On 16 July 2013 18:40, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:
> I have an additional suggestion that I believe would help the acceptance of this document within the general working group. Add an informative section detailing several of the many cases where it is inappropriate to use @longdesc. For example…
>
> 1. @longdesc is inappropriate when an EPUB footnote is sufficient.
> 2. @longdesc is inappropriate for Math. Use MathML instead.
> 3. @longdesc is inappropriate for SVG graphics. Make the SVG DOM accessible instead.
> 4. @longdesc is inappropriate for graphics of tabular data. Use an accessible table instead.
>
> More examples at http://cookiecrook.com/longdesc/
>
> These should probably be added to the WCAG 2.0 Techniques documents as well.

I'd also add:

5. @longdesc is inappropriate when a normal link is sufficient. Example:

<a href="descrip"><img src="pic" alt="*the purpose of the link*"></a>

-Matt

Received on Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:20:07 UTC