Re: CfC: Close ISSUE-206: meta-generator by Amicable Resolution

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> Michael(tm) Smith (mike@w3.org) writes:
>> Here's a proposal for a compromise that might allow the two CPs to be merged:
>>
>>   A. Add a "Show error messages for img elements with "incomplete" attributes.
>>
>>   B. Make that option off (unchecked) by default.
>>
>>   C. Make the default validator behavior be that if a document contains any
>>      instances of img elements that have the relaxed/incomplete attribute
>>      (or whatever the name ends up as), emit a single warning per document:
>>
>>        Warning: This document contains at least one "incomplete" attribute,
>>        which indicates it may have images that lack text alternatives. To
>>        see error messages showing the locations of those images, use the
>>        "Show error messages for img elements with "incomplete" option.
>>
> I think I would be OK with this.
>
> For me the problem to date was the possibility that the missing alt
> would not be reported at all. I don't believe there's any particular
> importance, however, to reporting each and every instance over and over
> except where the user is actually taking on the task of repair. So, an
> "on by default warning" satisfies my concern.
>
> PS: A possible refinement might be to put an actual count into the
> warning. That might serve as a quick sense of the extent of the problem,
> and do so more succinctly than the iterated list itself.

FWIW:
I like this approach.
Further, I also prefer something like the attribute name that Ian
suggested for the reasons that Ian stated.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Aug/0004.html

Regards,
Silvia.

Received on Thursday, 2 August 2012 23:52:47 UTC