Re: suggestions for new roles and properties in ARIA next

I am blind myself and active in the area of education, so I know best
the immense meaning and benefit of having a structured alternative for
images. But, because a long description is nothing external, there would
be a better technical possibility:
img element could be seen as a shortcut for object element with a
specific media attribute. Now, object element offers the possibility to
put a complete structured alternative in its content between <object>
and </object> It would be the easiest way to allow the same also fot the
long descriptions of img element contnets to put it between <img> and
</img> The only change would be for img to allow the full block mode
elements.
Ciao     Mario

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>>> Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> schrieb am 22.04.11 um
03:11 in
Nachricht <BANLkTinTgfXVr1VzL_C+wapSefgA7RdEaw@mail.gmail.com>:
> Hi Sailesh,
> 
>> Longdesc is meant for non visual access to info that is redundant
for
>> sighted users.
> 
> We have tried to explain this in the HTML5 change proposal to
> reinstate longdesc into HTML:
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc 
> 
> If anyone has suggestions to improve this proposal please let me
know.
> All comments are welcome.
> 
>> So is it worth the
>> trouble of defining something new and then hoping user agents will
implement
>> it?
> 
> A concern has also been articulated regarding authoring tools:
> 
> "Authoring tool vendors are likely to find it difficult (or even
> impossible) to build user-friendly interfaces that use the
> aria-describedby feature. This is likely to result in confusion and
> little use of the feature." - Vlad Alexander, XStandard authoring
tool
> vendor, April, 20, 2011.
> http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/longdesc-replacement/#c20110420144040

> 
> Best Regards,
> Laura
> 
> -- 
> Laura L. Carlson

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