- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 06:41:49 -0500
- To: "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>, "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>, wai-liaison@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
Hi Mike, Chris, and Dan, I have asked this question before [1] regarding the editor's remarks [2] of the of how to add/reinstate dropped HTML4 accessibility features. I haven't received a response, so I'll ask it again. Is this WHATWG FAQ [3] an official W3C HTML5 working group process/procedure? Many thanks. Best Regards, Laura [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Jun/0145.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Jun/0140.html [3] http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_the_spec.3F On 9/7/08, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > I hate to throw fuel on the fire here, but as far as longdesc="" is > concerned, the reason it isn't in HTML5 is that there has never been any > feedback sent that described a problem for which longdesc="" was even > remotely considered as a solution. > > As is described here: > > http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_the_spec.3F > > ...and as has been previously described on this list, the way that any > feature gets added is by first establishing a problem to solve, and then > coming up with the best solutions to address the problem. To get on my > radar, there has to be an actual problem we are trying to solve that isn't > already solved in some better way. This has never happened for any problem > where longdesc="" (or things like it) were a candidate solution. > > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' -- Laura L. Carlson
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