- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:08:39 +1000 (AEST)
- To: WAI Working Group <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
Might it be possible to construct HTML guidelines which would enable a long description to be associated with a server side map, but in a visually unobtrusive fashion; analogously to using coordinates of (0, 0) in a server side map as a link to a textual alternative? One approach could be to define coordinates that refer to an area which is actually outside the boundaries of the client side map, but which is appropriately labeled as a description. The typical user, who is interacting with the graphical presentation, would be unlikely to select these coordinates, but a person who is reading the ALT text would be able to do so, thereby activating a link to a long description. I am not sure whether this solution would be feasible in practice. It is purely speculative, but perhaps worth raising nonetheless. Another possibility would be to associate a title with the image map (perhaps a heading above the map, or a caption below it) which could serve also as a link to a more detailed description. Stated more generally, my question is whether guidelines that are compatible with existing implementations and standards, but not objectionable on the ground that, like the d-link proposal, they result in substantial detriment to the visual appearance of a document, could be developed to accommodate the Longdesc requirement with respect to image maps.
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