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From: McMorland, Gabriel
Date: Thu, Jun 13 2013 8:34AM
Subject: Will longdesc still be best practice in next few years?
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In the next few years, will the longdesc attribute still be best practice for linking to longer alt-text descriptions of images?I've been reading up on HTML 5 standards, and I'm confused about the future of longdesc.
From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Thu, Jun 13 2013 12:26PM
Subject: Re: Will longdesc still be best practice in next few years?
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Hello:
I've taken this item from Laura Carlson's weekly newsletter, released
today. I hope it helps:
Call for Review - HTML5 Image Description Extension (longdesc) Updated
By Shawn Henry.
"An updated Working Draft of HTML Image Description Extension is
available for review to determine if there are any outstanding issues
before it progresses to Last Call..."
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2013AprJun/0262.html
More information about Laura's newsletter:
WEB DESIGN UPDATE.
- Volume 10, Issue 51, June 13, 2013.
An email newsletter to distribute news and information about web
design and development.
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Jennifer