Re: 48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC); Keep Longdesc Independent

I don’t think longdesc is worth the PFWG’s time (or the HTML A11y TF’s time, for that matter), so I vote no.

I previously listed some of the numerous better alternatives to longdesc at the URL below.
http://cookiecrook.com/longdesc/




On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Colleagues:
> 
> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to maintain the Image Description
> (longdesc) HTML extension specification on the Recommendation track.
> The most recent publication of this specification can be found at:
> 
>       http://www.w3.org/TR/html-longdesc/
> 
> The HTML-WG's plan 2014 [1] encouraged the creation of extension
> specifications.  In some cases these extension specifications have been
> folded back into one of the current W3C HTML5 specifications.  In this
> case the recommendation is to take the  Image Description extension
> specification all the way to W3C recommendation status, and to keep it
> separate from the underlying HTML5 specification.
> 
> This recommendation comes to the HTML-WG and the PFWG from the HTML-A11Y
> Task Force whose decision on this matter is recorded here:
> 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2014Jan/0049.html
> 
> Please reply on list to this email with any objections or concerns. 
> 
> Silence will be taken to mean there is no objection, but positive
> responses are encouraged.
> 
> If there are no objections by 23:59 (Midnight)  Boston Time Wednesday 29
> January, this CfC will carry.
> 
> Janina
> 
> [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/html5-2014-plan.html
> 
> 
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Received on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 04:34:13 UTC