ISSUE-30
longdesc
Should HTML 5 include a longdesc attribute for images
- State:
- RAISED
- Product:
- HTML 5 spec
- Raised by:
- Dan Connolly
- Opened on:
- 2008-02-06
- Description:
HTML 4 includes a longdesc attribute for images, designed to allow authors to provide extended textual alternatives to image content for users without access to the image. It is unclear what the relative balance of merits and problems with this approach is and hence whether it should be included in HTML 5. See e.g. http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/LongdescRetention http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Feb/0061.html http://blog.whatwg.org/the-longdesc-lottery
- Related Actions Items:
- No related actions
- Related emails:
- alt text... (from chaals@opera.com on 2009-04-27)
- Re: Need differentiator between 'no alt text provided' and 'no alt text necessary' (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-04-25)
- Re: Thoughts towards an accessible <canvas> (from chaals@opera.com on 2009-03-21)
- Re: Need differentiator between 'no alt text provided' and 'no alt text necessary' (from chaals@opera.com on 2009-02-12)
- Re: Use-case for where alt text would be truly unavailable (from faulkner.steve@gmail.com on 2008-04-18)
- Re: Use-case for where alt text would be truly unavailable (from raman@google.com on 2008-04-16)
- Re: Use-case for where alt text would be truly unavailable (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-04-16)
- Re: Propose removal or modification of the 'Rorschach inkblot test' example and accompanying text. (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-04-14)
- Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-02-06)
- Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from jg307@cam.ac.uk on 2008-02-06)
- Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-02-06)
- Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from jg307@cam.ac.uk on 2008-02-06)
- ISSUE-30 (longdesc): Should HTML 5 include a longdesc attribute for images [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-02-06)
Related notes:
2008-02-06 12:41:41: http://www.w3.org/mid/op.t53q9pb0wxe0ny@pc130.chandigarh.osa is a followup... [Charles McCathieNevile]
2008-02-18 14:43:40: Should consider aria-describedby as an alternative see http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Feb/0273.html and following emails [James Graham]
2008-09-08 17:49:11: More research data: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Longdesc_usage [Shawn Medero]
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