- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:41:18 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv21557 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: Clarify 'alt' text rules. (whatwg r3154) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.2308 retrieving revision 1.2309 diff -u -d -r1.2308 -r1.2309 --- Overview.html 30 May 2009 19:57:47 -0000 1.2308 +++ Overview.html 30 May 2009 22:41:15 -0000 1.2309 @@ -16179,9 +16179,10 @@ the e-mail is still usable should the user use a mail client that does not support images, or should the document be forwarded on to other users whose abilities might not include easily seeing - images.<h6 id="general-guidelines"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.12 </span>General guidelines</h6><p>The most general rule for writing alternative text is that the - intent is that replacing every image with the text of its <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute not change the meaning of - the page.<p>So, in general, alternative text can be written by considering + images.<h6 id="general-guidelines"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.12 </span>General guidelines</h6><p>The most general rule to consider when writing alternative text + is the following: <strong>the intent is that replacing every image + with the text of its <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute + not change the meaning of the page</strong>.<p>So, in general, alternative text can be written by considering what one would have written had one not been able to include the image.<p>A corollary to this is that the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute's value should never contain text that could be considered the image's <em>caption</em>,
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