- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:28:18 -0400
- To: public-html@w3.org
On 03/14/2012 08:27 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > Dear Chairs, > > May I suggest that the resolution of this issue is dependent on the > resolution of several other issues and discussions currently under > way. I therefore propose to delay dealing with this issue until such > other issues are resolved. This includes in particular the @longdesc > discussion. > > In my mind, it is possible that the HTML WG decides that there is > sufficient need for a general mechanism to add off-page textual > representations to certain complex elements to HTML5, elements such as > canvas, img, video, audio, table, or figure. If such a general > mechanism were added - which could be called @longdesc or @href or > @transcript - such a mechanism would fulfill the needs of this issue. Can you cite any existing proposal that, if adopted, would address this need? > Therefore I do not believe we are able to resolve this issue in the > best possible manner just yet and a deadline of 21st March is far too > soon to deal with this issue. > > Best Regards, > Silvia. - Sam Ruby
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