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Bug 23290 - Additional use case for discoverability of long descriptions
Summary: Additional use case for discoverability of long descriptions
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML Image Description Extension (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: CR
Assignee: Mark Sadecki
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: a11y, editorial, LC
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Reported: 2013-09-19 14:24 UTC by Mark Sadecki
Modified: 2013-12-14 23:11 UTC (History)
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Description Mark Sadecki 2013-09-19 14:24:35 UTC 
Charles McCathie Nevile, in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Sep/0034.html asks for an additional use case that addresses the discoverability of long descriptions
Comment 1 Mark Sadecki 2013-12-14 23:11:06 UTC 
We agree that additional use cases that demonstrate a need for discoverability should be added to this specification. We have added the following addition to the "Use Cases" section:

Image Search
Many search engines provide an option to search for images and present the results out of context. The ability to discover and process identified descriptions allows search engines to improve the source material they use to support text-based queries for images.

Describing Images
Image search tools identify multiple copies of the same image. Where a search tool can identify a description of an image, this can be provided to the user as a description for any copies of that image.

Changeset73: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-proposals/rev/f33a6fab75ed