- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:26:28 +0100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Ian, Should I take your lack of response to mean you are unwilling to provide information to readers of the HTML5 specification about the existence of HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives? regards Stevef On 8 June 2010 22:10, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > hi Ian, > >>I think your document >>should have the same normative status as Lachlan's document or Mike's >>document, that is, an informative addendum to the spec. > > That is your opinion, but it is not the status the document is being > published under. > > if you are willing to add a reference to the alt spec in the html5 > spec, please do so, if not please respond to the bug, so it can be > escalated. > > regards > Stevef > > > > On 8 June 2010 21:13, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: >> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010, Steven Faulkner wrote: >>> >>> I would like to draw your attention this bug as i consider it important >>> that readers of the HTML5 specification have a clear understanding that >>> the author conformance criteria detailed in 4.8.2.1.1 to 4.8.2.1.11 of >>> the spec are not authoritative and that an alternative set of >>> conformance criteria are being developed and published by the HTML wg. >> >> I do not believe the working group has made a decision on this. Personally >> I would be extremely strongly opposed to moving the conformance criteria >> for the alt="" attribute out of the HTML spec. I think your document >> should have the same normative status as Lachlan's document or Mike's >> document, that is, an informative addendum to the spec. >> >> (There's a big difference between agreeing to publish something and >> agreeing that it should replace something else. I personally encourage >> everyone to publish anything they like, even if I disagree with what they >> are proposing; that does not indicate that I support their proposals.) >> >> -- >> Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL >> http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. >> Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' >> > > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG Europe > Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org > Web Accessibility Toolbar - > http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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