23293 2013-09-19 15:01:06 +0000 Require descriptions which are not whole documents to be well-formed fragments 2014-01-13 21:07:00 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML Image Description Extension unspecified PC All RESOLVED WONTFIX a11y, LC P2 normal CR 1 chaals chaals lwatson mark.sadecki+w3c public-html-admin public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 93572 0 chaals 2013-09-19 15:01:06 +0000 Andrew Kirkpatrick in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Aug/0069.html suggests the spec require that longdescs which represent part of a document, e.g. in a document containing several different descriptions, be well-formed fragments, and that user agents be required to use these. 93623 1 mark.sadecki+w3c 2013-09-22 17:59:49 +0000 *** Bug 23292 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** 98361 2 mark.sadecki+w3c 2014-01-13 21:07:00 +0000 Andrew, Thanks for taking the time to consider longdesc in the context of specific WCAG techniques, specifically the behavior of user agents when a longdesc refers to a document fragment. The Task Force has intentionally refrained from requiring any specific behavior in this respect from user agents. There is a requirement in the document that authors SHOULD put descriptions in well-formed fragments (which may include an entire page). Because there is existing, and will likely continue to be new content that does not meet this requirement, we do not propose a corresponding requirement on user agents.