- From: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:01:55 -0500
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- CC: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > Based on what Henri says, I instead suggest closing ISSUE-30, unless > someone objects. > > - Maciej > > On Aug 12, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Henri Sivonen wrote: > >> On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:11, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> >>> ISSUE-30: longdesc - Should HTML 5 include a longdesc attribute for >>> images >> >> >> I think this is no longer controversial, since integrating ARIA into >> HTML5 isn't controversial on the general level and the WAI-CG's >> expressed consensus is: >> >>> Because we are confident that aria-describedby will >>> be supported by assistive technologies at least as >>> well as longdesc when HTML5 becomes a W3C >>> Recommendation: >>> >>> * IF >>> o aria-describedby is incorporated >>> in HTML5 >>> o and aria-describedby allows pointing to >>> long text alternatives that are off of the >>> page (by pointing to a link on the page) >>> * THEN >>> o we believe it is acceptable to obsolete >>> longdesc in HTML5. >> >> >> http://www.w3.org/2009/06/Text-Alternatives-in-HTML5 >> >> -- >> Henri Sivonen >> hsivonen@iki.fi >> http://hsivonen.iki.fi/ >> >> > > > Until ARIA is, in fact, integrated, I would suggest leaving this item in. Shelley
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