HTML5: Techniques For Providing Useful Text Alternatives - W3C

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It was developed through the HTML Accessibility Taskforce, and is published by the HTML Working Group with approval by the Protocols and Formats Working Group.

It is a draft document and its contents are subject to change without notice.

This document was published by the HTML Working Group as a Working Draft.

It is expected to be published as a W3C Working Group Note.

Following feedback on the last Working Draft, a number of bugs were raised and resolved. Other bugs are still under consideration, these include the provision of examples using the longdesc attribute for longer text alternatives: bug 26868 and bug 18450. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to [email protected] (subscribe, archives). All comments are welcome. Bugs can also be filed directly into the W3C Bug tracker for this specification.

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This document is governed by the 1 August 2014 W3C Process Document.