- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:30:14 -0800
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Feb 7, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hi Maciej, > >> * Laura's proposal to remove text alternative examples goes considerably >> beyond the scope of the issue, in the judgment of the chairs >> <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/TextAlternativesIssue122>. >> The original scope of the issue was about the details of one particular >> example. This proposal removes all accessibility advice for textual >> equivalents, and in the course of doing so entirely deletes a WG draft. It >> is reasonable to propose this, but not as part of this narrow issue. We >> offer the following options: >> >> ** Revise the Change Proposal to fit the narrower scope of ISSUE-122 >> (just the one example that was at issue). >> >> ** File a bug requesting the changes in the proposal, and if necessary >> escalate it. It will then be treated as its own issue. >> >> It's fine to do either or both of these things (or none if there is no >> desire to pursue the issue further). > > Can my proposal for issue 122 proposal be considered for issue 31 instead? ISSUE-31 is about the normative authoring requirements for alt, and already has a huge number of proposals and many sub-issues. I think it would be better not to add complexity to the resolution of that issue. - Maciej > > It would seem to fit in the scope of the third question of that issue: > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/ImgElementSurveyConformaceChoices#3._Text_Alternative_Examples_Question:_.22Where.2Fwho_will_define_requirements_on_the_possible_values_of_text_alternatives_examples.3F.22 > > Thanks. > > Best Regards, > Laura > > -- > Laura L. Carlson
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