- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:33:28 -0700
- To: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
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/ > >
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