- From: Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita@ramin.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:18:21 +1000
- To: Bill Mason <w3c@accessibleinter.net>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Bill Mason wrote: > Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >> >> Is there any scope for including/enhancing the metadata for embedded >> content - or is the view that that should be embedded in the content >> itself? >> >> eg Attribution - Graphic Artist/Photographer, Subject, Date Taken, >> Type of Image (Photograph), rights, I currently include this in the >> ALT text with the hope that it is displayed in the mouseover. It >> would also be useful to be able to format this. > > The content you are describing is probably not appropriate content for > an alt attribute. And the specification does not sanction for the > display of alt content in this fashion. > Actually this was my point. That the alt tag and subsequently the title, was the only place to record metadata and maybe this could be something HTML5 addresses. Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: (+61)0414 869202
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