- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:29:46 +0300
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:11, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > ISSUE-30: longdesc - Should HTML 5 include a longdesc attribute for > images I think this is no longer controversial, since integrating ARIA into HTML5 isn't controversial on the general level and the WAI-CG's expressed consensus is: > Because we are confident that aria-describedby will > be supported by assistive technologies at least as > well as longdesc when HTML5 becomes a W3C > Recommendation: > > * IF > o aria-describedby is incorporated > in HTML5 > o and aria-describedby allows pointing to > long text alternatives that are off of the > page (by pointing to a link on the page) > * THEN > o we believe it is acceptable to obsolete > longdesc in HTML5. http://www.w3.org/2009/06/Text-Alternatives-in-HTML5 -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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