Re: alt attribute - a very simple proposal

 Henri wrote:
> When the markup generator has an image of unknown (to the generator) content
> for which the generator does not have user-entered textual alternative, what
> should the markup generator emit as the value of the alt attribute according
> to your reading of WCAG 2.0?

Gez Lemon addressed this 14 May 2008:

> the resulting
> structure is inconceivable to some users with visual impairments and
> cognitive disabilities, in a way that the resulting structure would be
> inconceivable to sighted users if the src attribute wasn't provided in
> a browser that renders images. That is the structure is inaccessible,
> and couldn't possibly be considered valid.
>
> Lowering conformance requirements so that authors who cannot be
> bothered to provide alternative text, or allowing broken authoring
> tools to be considered compliant, obviously goes a long way from
> solving the fundamental problem here - that of providing content that
> is accessible by users with disabilities.

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008May/0343.html

Best Regards,
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson