Re: Add Example Explaining that Alt Text is Dependent Upon the Context

Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>   I think it would be good if the spec included a set of examples to 
> explain that the alt text is dependent upon the context in which the 
> image is used, and the purpose it is used for.  So the same image may be 
> used in different locations and have entirely different alt text.
> 
> For example, and picture of a flag, such as the Australian flag, may be
> used in different contexts.
> 
> * As a link to a localised version of a site.
>   <a href="/au"><img src="aus-flag.png" alt="Australia"></a>

If I were a visually disabled visitor to a site, and
I were presented with the single word "Australia" as
ALT text, I cannot help but feel that I would be not
one jot wiser.  Gregory, can you help here ?

** Phil.