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To present an <img> with a longdesc the best way to AT users, what role should this <img> have: <img src=foo alt="Bar. Bas." longdesc="longdesc.html"> Does this make sence - if yes, are there cases when it does not make sense: <img role="link img" src=foo alt="Bar. Bas." longdesc="longdesc.html"> What about a presentational image - this should probably be invalid, since presentational images are ignored by AT users. (I guess @aria-describedby on same imags, should also be invalid?) <img role="presentation" src=foo alt="" longdesc="longdesc.html"> <img src=foo alt="" longdesc="longdesc.html"> Are there other meaningful/unmeaningful roles when @longdesc is used?
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ISSUE-30 has been appealed, and the Appeal is awaiting response from the Team Contact and/or Director. http://www.w3.org/mid/20100815024127561631.58433bf1@xn--mlform-iua.no
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Aug/0013.html The bug triage sub-team thinks the HTML A11Y TF does not need to formally follow this bug. Original submitters or other interested parties may choose to continue to push this issue on their own. Notes from the sub-team may follow in a separate comment.
Bug triage sub-team notes that this issue is captured in the text alternatives proposal http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/ImgElement20090126 and it is already defined that ARIA overrides native features.
this should be resolved in the img description spec