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                  Section 508 1194.22(a); 
                  
                  WAI
                  
                  / 
                  
                  WCAG
                  
                  1.0 checkpoint 1.1
                  
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                     The frame's LONGDESC attribute is invalid because of one of
                     the following reasons:
                     
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                        It points to a non-existing local file or web resource
                        
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                        It points to a non-HTML resource
                        
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                     Ensure that the link specified by the LONGDESC attribute is
                     working.
                     
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                     Note that the W3C/WAI discourages using the LONGDESC
                     attribute for framed images, and suggests instead having
                     the frame point to a separate HTML file that includes the
                     image and some explanatory text.
                     
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                     The LONGDESC attribute can be used to provide a long
                     description of the associated FRAME tag when the
                     description would not fit in the TITLE attribute. This
                     would be needed, for example, if the frame contained only
                     an image with no text around it.
                     
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                     The LONGDESC attribute describes the frame content so that
                     users without graphics-enabled browsers can still
                     effectively understand what is being presented in the page.
                     The advent of hand-held, text-only browsers makes the use
                     of textual descriptions more important now than ever.
                     
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                     The W3C/WAI discourages putting an image directly in a
                     frame (to learn why, see
                     http:www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/frames.html#h-16.4.2)
                     and suggests instead having the frame point to a separate
                     HTML file that includes the image and some explanatory
                     text.
                     
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