- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:44:11 -0400
- To: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 10:48 AM 10/09/97 -0400, Dave Raggett wrote: >On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Liam Quinn wrote: > >> Again, TITLE seems appropriate for a short description and >> LONGDESC for a long description. What seems odd in the DTD at >> <http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Cougar/Cougar.dtd> is that the LONGDESC >> attribute was added to IMG but not to OBJECT. Is this just an >> oversight? > >The discussion in the HTML working group on long descriptions >shifted from LONGDESC to making sure that image maps are supported >for OBJECT. With agreement on image maps for OBJECT, the LONGDESC >attribute will disappear from IMG unless there is agreement that we >still need it. My understanding of the LONGDESC attribute, based on its name and on a perceived need, is that it would provide a URL of a full description of the image, taking over from the "D-link" hack promoted at <http://www.trace.wisc.edu/text/guidelns/htmlgide/htmlgide.html#a.dlinks>. Thus, LONGDESC would not be *alternate* text, but would instead describe the image. I thought about suggesting such an attribute a couple months ago, but decided that it was still a bit awkward. An ideal solution, IMO, would be to embed a description within the comment blocks of the image itself, thus making the image more accessible when it's not inlined in an HTML document. Of course, such a description would have to be plain text... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBNBbqeg/JhtXygIx1AQECqQL9FBO/DYuS9mDQzM06pWjQaT2y1VFsZDBg GRQsmVO8z4HiZq2fEWuqdHh1q96yOwB3M8oNUDPMtSzuNMU5hNM7EUEQnvK3EoLv TfM5LYwj2+4yXHlkUQ8a+2meApbM8Xvi =0wEl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Liam Quinn =============== http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/ =============== Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/ ====== PGP Key at http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/pgp.html =====
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