- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:49:18 +0200
- To: X-tech <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Hi, there is rather a long thread running in HTML-WG[1] about alt (should it be compulsory and how to use it) and longdesc (which the current draft dropped because the WHATWG wasn't sure how to use it). The thread is called "fear of invisible metadata" - and it really is quite long :( It might be useful for PF to review the issue of what is likely to give the best results, and give feedback to the HTML WG as a group. [1] Near as I can tell, the alt/longdesc discussion starts with http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0391.html halfway into what was one of the threads about sumary information for tables - which contains some salient points about the value of visible metadata where feasibe, and the necessity of hooks for accessibility information. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk chaals@opera.com Catch up: Speed Dial http://opera.com
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