--- a/longdesc1/longdesc.html Tue Jun 03 09:48:21 2014 -0400
+++ b/longdesc1/longdesc.html Tue Jun 03 10:00:38 2014 -0400
@@ -434,9 +434,12 @@
<section id="intro" class="introductory">
<h1>Introduction</h1>
- <p>The <code>longdesc</code> attribute gives authors a mechanism for referencing a long text
- description for images which cannot be adequately described using shorter description
- mechanisms, such as the <code>alt</code> attribute.</p>
+ <p>Text alternatives are used to make visual information accessible by describing
+ the information or function represented in an image. The <code>alt</code>
+ attribute is designed to provide a concise description or functional equivalent
+ for an image. For some images and contexts, more detail is required to convey
+ all the information contained in an image. The <code>longdesc</code> attribute
+ is designed as a means to provide this level of detail.</p>
<p>HTML 4 provided a <code>longdesc</code> attribute for the <code>img</code>
element that enabled a machine-discoverable description of an image to
@@ -492,13 +495,11 @@
</section>
<section id="UCnR">
<h2><span class="secno">2. </span>Use Cases and Requirements</h2>
- <p>Text alternatives are used to make visual information accessible by describing
- the information or function represented in the image. The <code>alt</code>
- attribute is designed to provide a concise description or functional equivalent
- for the image, based on context. For some images and contexts, more detail
- is required to convey all the information contained in an image. The
- <code>longdesc</code> attribute is designed as a means to provide this
- level of detail, such as in the following use cases.</p>
+
+ <p>The <code>longdesc</code> attribute gives authors a mechanism for referencing a long text
+ description for images which cannot be adequately described using shorter description
+ mechanisms, such as in the following use cases.</p>
+
<h3 id="use-cases">Use Cases</h3>
<dl>
<dt>Identifying a well-known image</dt>