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lukethelibrarian

@pluralistic @alttexthalloffame @Gargron @AltTextHealthCheck the EXIF 2.1 and 2.2 metadata standards include attributes for both ImageDescription and Copyright. The definition for the latter identifies it as "copyright holder" but it could be used for broader license information.

1 April at 18:01 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.world
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Alt Text Hall of Fame

@lukethelibrarian @pluralistic @Gargron @AltTextHealthCheck Great! We'd then just need Mastodon (and the rest of the fediverse platforms) to allow editing and displaying this information, without having to change the ActivityPub standard.

1 April at 18:04 | Open on mastodon.social
lukethelibrarian

@alttexthalloffame @pluralistic @Gargron @AltTextHealthCheck maybe, maybe not. Cory said this was about reusability within his own POSSE process, so it's really about whether the tools he uses as part of that process can populate Alt Text based on the EXIF ImageDescription, or could be modified to do so.

1 April at 18:44 | Open on mastodon.world
lukethelibrarian

@alttexthalloffame @pluralistic @Gargron @AltTextHealthCheck also note that embedding alt text in EXIF data is far from a panacea for reusability of images. @eric captured some really important considerations at ericwbailey.website/published/ - but he's mostly looking at the reuse of alt text between different users/contexts.

Cory's POSSE use-case is different: he's reusing/syndicating images across platforms, but all tied back to a single publication/context.

@alttexthalloffame @pluralistic @Gargron @AltTextHealthCheck also note that embedding alt text in EXIF data is far from a panacea for reusability of images. @eric captured some really important considerations at ericwbailey.website/published/ - but he's mostly looking at the reuse of alt text between different users/contexts.

1 April at 18:50 | Open on mastodon.world
matt

sounds like <cite>...</cite>
and not necessarily same as copyright holder.

@lukethelibrarian @pluralistic @alttexthalloffame @Gargron @AltTextHealthCheck

1 April at 18:19 | Open on indieweb.social
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