[Bug 21571] New: The sub-sentence "but there are many resources available" etc.

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21571

            Bug ID: 21571
           Summary: The sub-sentence "but there are many resources
                    available"  etc.
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
               URL: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-proposals/raw-file/0dd2e51
                    0d4e1/longdesc1/longdesc.html
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML Image Description Extension
          Assignee: chaals@yandex-team.ru
          Reporter: xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no

Is the sub-sentence "but there are many resources available" really any useful
- in a spec? Would it not be better to either skip that sub-sentence or to
provide examples of some of these many resources or at least point to where to
look for them? 

I feel that "full descriptions of images"  may have to do  the narrative, so to
speak. I don't know enought about WCAG 2 to say whether it gives adequate
guidance about image descriptions.

Also, in the next paragraph, you point to WCAG, for a definitinon of
'accessible'. And I wonder if all readers will understand the difference
between the 'narrative' issue and and the accessible issue, unless it is
clarified more. 

PS: What I had in mind, originally, in bug 21437, was the (file) format of the
description. I feel that a reference to
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#guidelines, like I propose the fift comment of
that bug (https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21437#c5) would cover
file format issues well enough simply because what I am after is a quick way to
verify unintended and very suboptimal use of @longdesc.

But technically, it seems to be the robustness princple I care the most about:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#robust ("Principle 4: Robust - Content must be
robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user
agents, including assistive technologies. Guideline 4.1 Compatible: Maximize
compatibility with current and future user agents, including assistive
technologies.")

I wonder if 'full descriptions of images' falls in under 'Perceivable' and
'Undertandable'.

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