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Re: Long desc techniques - what is the url pointing to?

From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:11:49 -0800
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To: "Jim Ley" <jim@jibbering.com>, "WAI Mailing list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> 
At 9:53 AM +0000 1/29/02, Jim Ley wrote:
>Are the longdescs intentionally only plain-text for some reason? (perhaps
>because the url is designed for UA's to replace the image with the
>longdesc rather than a url for humans to actually visit.)  Or should I
>make the longdesc page accessible?

No, a longdesc is a link and not an inline replacement.  You should make
the longdesc page accessible.

--Kynn

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