- From: Mike Paciello <paciello@yuri.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:42:04 -0400
- To: dd@w3.org, <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
I agree with Daniel. The true educational value here is to instruct the short description and encourage the use of longdesc where appropriate. - Mike At 05:25 PM 9/15/97 +0200, Daniel Dardailler wrote: > >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. > > > ------------------------- Michael G. Paciello Executive Director, E-Mail: mailto:paciello@yuri.org Yuri Rubinsky Insight Foundation Tel: +1 603 598 9544 URL: http://www.yuri.org/ FAX: +1 603 598 2839 Promoting Accessibility Awareness! Please Make a Tax-Deductible Donation: http://www.yuri.org/donate.html
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