Comment on WAI-ARIA 1.0: Define "accessible description" from Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis on 2012-04-19 (public-pfwg-comments@w3.org from April to June 2012)

From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:35:11 +0100
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Comment on Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0

Comment based on Editor's Draft of 16 April 2012, archived at:

   http://www.webcitation.org/673DWtJcY

What is an accessible description?

ARIA includes an algorithm for calculating accessible names and
descriptions (§5.2.7). The term "accessible name" has a normative
definition (§4). The term "accessible description" should also be
defined. Examples should be given of the difference between the two.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis

Received on Thursday, 19 April 2012 22:36:01 UTC