steve: tweaked explanation of reasons for requiring alt when inline description also available.

steve: tweaked explanation of reasons for requiring alt when inline
description also available.

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/alt-techniques/Overview.html?r1=1.54&r2=1.55&f=h

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--- Overview.html 16 Aug 2010 10:53:11 -0000 1.54
+++ Overview.html 16 Aug 2010 12:17:38 -0000 1.55
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 <ul>
   <li>An image is contained within a <code>figure</code> element and has an associated caption provided using the <code>figcaption</code> element. Using an empy alt attribute hides an image from some users. If an image has a caption the image needs to be discoverable by users, otherwise a caption is present that refers to nothing for some users.</li>
   <li>An image contains relevant information not available in the same document as text. Using an empy alt attribute hides an image from some users, in order to have the possibility of interrogating the image, the image must be discoverable.</li>
-  <li>An image contains relevant information,  an interpretation of which is available in the same document as structured text. Using an empy alt attribute hides an image from some users. If a description of an image is provided in a document, a <a href="#hpa">programmatic association</a> between the image and the descriptive text is required, using an empty alt attribute on the image effectively precludes the assigning of a programmatic association.</li>
+  <li>An image contains relevant information,  an alternative interpretation of which is available in the same document as structured text. Using an empy alt attribute hides an image from some users, which is incorrect, the image is not meaningless, it  contains information which a range of users could interpret with the  aid of the short text alternative and longer description. It also provides a text  alternative for users who have images turned off in their browsers, so  they can, if they wish, load and view the image. If an empty <code>alt</code> attribute is present  there may be no indication that an image is present. Furthermore if a description of an image is provided in a document, a <a href="#hpa">programmatic association</a> between the image and the descriptive text is required, using an empty alt attribute on the image effectively precludes the assigning of a programmatic association.</li>
   <li class="note">to do</li>
 </ul>
 <h6 id="he">How long should a short text alternative be?</h6>

Received on Monday, 16 August 2010 12:18:26 UTC