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Re: FW: HTML5 Image Description Extension (longdesc) is a Proposed Recommendation

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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Dec 5, 2014 10:22AM


Thank goodness the W3C is considering bringing back the longdesc attribute.

Often, the majority of graphics in STM-G materials (science, technical,
medical and government) can't be adequately described with Alt-text.

Is there any word on the street about something similar for PDFs?

-Bevi Chagnon
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