Re: sellability of D-link vs. LONGDESC from Daniel Dardailler on 1997-09-15 (w3c-wai-wg@w3.org from July to September 1997)

From: Daniel Dardailler <danield@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:25:54 +0200
To: <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
Message-Id: <199709151525.RAA21715@www47.inria.fr>

Phill Jenkins wrote:
> I believe that both the ALT= and LONGDESC= (or it's equivalent) need
> NOT be "sold" to content authors, but sold to the HTML group as
> "required".  If these attributes are missing, the HTML should be
> considered incorrect and not to spec.

I'm not sure LONGDESC, if retained, should be marked as required, most
images are probably fine with a short description only.

Received on Monday, 15 September 1997 11:26:01 UTC