- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:10:10 +0200
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Cc: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Leif Halvard Silli, Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:01:57 +0200: > Steven Faulkner, Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:18:24 +0100: >> hi laura, >> we haven't discussed the <figure> element. >> >> my take on the figure element is that the >> # <figure> should be mapped to accessibility APIs as a grouping >> element like <p> or <div> >> # decorative images should not be allowed as content of a <figure> >> element as the HTML5 semantics imply that the content of the figure >> should be meaningful, so no <img alt=""> > > Unless I misinterpret what you say, then WAI-ARIA disagrees with you > (and Shelley has been using the same example in her discussion of the > issue). WAI-ARIA "blesses" a construct which is 100% identical to a > <figure> containing a presentational <img> in combination with a > caption: [1] > > ]] > In the following code sample, the containing div element has a WAI-ARIA > role of img and is appropriately labeled by the caption paragraph. In > this example the img element can be marked as presentation because the > role and the text alternatives are provided by the containing element. > > <div role="img" aria-labelledby="caption"> > <img src="example.png" role="presentation" alt=""> > <p id="caption">A visible text caption labeling the image.</p> > </div> > [[ Follow-up: Thus I guess we should assume that the figure caption captions the entire <figure> and not the specific element(s) that make(s) up the content of the <figure>. -- leif halvard silli
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