Re: Alternate proposal for ISSUE-30 longdesc from Sam Ruby on 2010-02-22 (public-html@w3.org from February 2010)

From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:06:38 -0500
To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
CC: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>, HTMLwg WG <public-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4B828F6E.8060909@intertwingly.net>

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> bgcolor was deprecated in HTML4.01, "Deprecated" being the closest 
> status HTML4.01 had to HTML5's "Obsolete but conforming". So my proposal 
> would actually treat longdesc the exact same way we have treated 
> bgcolor, just one spec cycle behind.

<co-chair hat off>

The notion that HTML5 introduces of "Obsolete but conforming" should be 
revisited.

- Sam Ruby

Received on Monday, 22 February 2010 14:07:11 UTC