- From: T. V. Raman <raman@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:12:59 -0700
- To: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Cc: WAI Working Group <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
PNG has the ability to capture image descriptions as part of the image file.Jason White writes: > I am somewhat ignorant of image file formats. Do those formats which are > in use today allow for a header, containing a descriptive title, to > precede the graphical data? I remember having read that W3C was working on > the development of image formats, so this issue could be raised in that > context. Now as is pointed out in RFC1866, it is expected that the client > will retrieve an image file referenced by an img element automatically, > without user intervention. This could easily be extended to an HTTP > request for the header containing the description. Furthermore, the > header could include, among others, the following two components: (1) a > title for the image; (2) an optional long description of the image. > > The same scheme could also be applied to audio resources. > > A fully concur with Daniel's misgivings regarding "text only" pages: there > should only be a single HTML document, which contains all of the necessary > semantic content in a form that is independent of presentation. In the WAI > briefing package, it was said that there is a need for web page > simplification, namely, techniques for reducing the complexity of web > pages. Although this could be accomplished by the server in response to an > HTTP request (assuming the necessary extensions to HTTP), it would be > better, I think, to conduct any needed transformations on the client side > by means of style sheets. > > -- Best Regards, --raman Adobe Systems Tel: 1 (408) 536 3945 (W14-129) Advanced Technology Group Fax: 1 (408) 537 4042 (W14 129) 345 Park Avenue Email: raman@adobe.com San Jose , CA 95110 -2704 Email: raman@cs.cornell.edu http://labrador.corp.adobe.com/~raman/raman.html (Adobe Internal) http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/raman.html (Cornell) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are my own and in no way should be taken as representative of my employer, Adobe Systems Inc. ____________________________________________________________
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