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Bug 21494 - Describe data URIs as a valid use of the longdesc attribute
Summary: Describe data URIs as a valid use of the longdesc attribute
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML Image Description Extension (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Charles McCathieNevile
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-html-lon...
Whiteboard:
Keywords: a11y, a11y_text-alt
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-04-01 16:55 UTC by Leif Halvard Silli
Modified: 2013-04-10 03:52 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Leif Halvard Silli 2013-04-01 16:55:01 UTC 
This bug relates somewhat to Bug #21439.

I think it would be good to point out somewhere in the spec that the longdesc attribute might contain a data URI, and thus that implementations must be prepared to handle data URIs in the longdesc attribute.

Justification:

* make vendors aware that we expect data URIs to work;
* make authors aware that they may use data URIs;
* avoid that data URIs only becomes a subject of the 
  repair mechanism propsed in bug 21439.
Comment 1 Charles McCathieNevile 2013-04-01 23:01:21 UTC 
I already added an example in my local draft :)