- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:15:12 -0400
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
On 03/21/2012 06:59 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Sam Ruby<rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> 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? > > I can now. Please find a proposal for aria-describedat under > discussion at http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/aria-unofficial/raw-file/tip/describedat.html > . > > I expect that this attribute will be added to Aria 1.1 and it > satisfies the needs of Issue 194. > > I would therefore like to repeat my request to not resolve this issue > at this time. Do you have a proposal for when this should be resolved? > Best Regards, > Silvia. - Sam Ruby
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