Re: CP, ISSUE-30: Link longdesc to role of img [Was: hypothetical question on longdesc]

On Mar 21, 2012, at 15:08 , Sean Hayes wrote:
> In order to satisfy the use case though, I don't think it really matters if both parts are co-located in a single resource at the end of a single longdesc link, or in two resources at the end of two distinct links. What I do think matters however is that when the image description is not semantically a subset of the video description, there is a clear dividing line so that the browser (or AT) can provide the right amount of information to the user. Two clearly labeled links naturally provides that division, a single link does not, and therefore implies a mechanism would need to be in place in the resource pointed to. I'm happy either way provided the use case is met.
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I think if we had the clear designs for providing the description of the video, we could easily decide; worse, that much of the current discussion takes so much time because we don't have a clear solution to the larger problem, and so a solution to the smaller has no foundation.

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 22:25:07 UTC