Re: Query from APA WG on longdesc usage

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address this. In general though, we direct users to the recommendations in
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 2:26 PM Ralph Swick <swick@w3.org> wrote:

> In what Publishing forum is Janina Sajka's query about current usage of
> longdesc in Publishing best addressed?
>
> On 2019-08-12 12:21 PM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Hi, Judy:
> >
> > APA has become aware that there is a proposal afoot to obsolete
> > longdesc. We would likely not oppose that unless there is still use of
> > longdesc, perhaps in legacy education publications still actively in
> > distribution.
> >
> > If there is still such use, or if Details/Summary and/or Annotations use
> > isn't sufficiently mature to completely replace longdesc, we need to
> > know that from our Publishing people.
> >
> > It seemed this would be a useful agendum for our upcoming CC call.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Janina
> >
>
>