ISSUE-30

longdesc

Should HTML 5 include a longdesc attribute for images

State:

RAISED

Product:

HTML 5 spec

Raised by:

Charles McCathieNevile

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

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Related emails:

1. Re: Use-case for where alt text would be truly unavailable (from faulkner.steve@gmail.com on 2008-04-18)
2. Re: Use-case for where alt text would be truly unavailable (from raman@google.com on 2008-04-16)
3. Re: Use-case for where alt text would be truly unavailable (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-04-16)
4. Re: Propose removal or modification of the 'Rorschach inkblot test' example and accompanying text. (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-04-14)
5. Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-02-06)
6. Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from jg307@cam.ac.uk on 2008-02-06)
7. Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from chaals@opera.com on 2008-02-06)
8. Re: ISSUE-30 longdesc Re: Clarification of rational for deprecation... (from jg307@cam.ac.uk on 2008-02-06)
9. ISSUE-30 (longdesc): Should HTML 5 include a longdesc attribute for images [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-02-06)

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