- From: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
- To: "'Laura Carlson'" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, "'Jonas Sicking'" <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Cc: "'Aryeh Gregor'" <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>, "'Cynthia Shelly'" <cyns@exchange.microsoft.com>, "'Ian Hickson'" <ian@hixie.ch>, <public-html@w3.org>
Laura Carlson wrote: > > > I wasn't arguing that. I was stating a fact about Opera's support. ...and for those on the implementation side of things, I'm sure many of us reading this note are aware of Kyle Weems CSSquirrel comic/blog: http://www.cssquirrel.com/comic/?comic=36 . Kyle has started to add both longdesc and aria-describedby to his weekly comic, and while he has admitted that it *does* add slightly to his workload, he's also shown that it is both possible and reasonable to do. I am very happy Kyle, and I commend you! Cheers! JF > > Also a fact: WAI CG Consensus Resolutions on Text alternatives in HTML 5 > stated: > > <quote> > 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 > - aria-describedby is incorporated in HTML5 > - and aria-describedby allows pointing to long text alternatives > that are off of the page (by pointing to a link on the page) > * THEN > - we believe it is acceptable to obsolete longdesc in HTML5. > > RATIONALE: It is important that a long text mechanism exist which is > capable of pointing off page. Long descriptions are often too lengthy > and detailed to be included on the main page. If aria-describedby can > point off page (by pointing to a link on the page) then it would > remove any need for continued support of LONGDESC which is not widely > used by authors at this time. (NOTE: it is understood that > aria-describedby cannot point off page directly.)" > > http://www.w3.org/2009/06/Text-Alternatives-in-HTML5 > > Best Regards, > Laura > > -- > Laura L. Carlson
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