Hi Dan, The PF is currently discussing the alt issues in conjunction with WAI CG, I suggest that until the outcome of these discussions is submitted to the HTML WG the issue should remain open. I will ask Janina to provide advice to you and HTML WG chairs on this. regards steve faulkner 2009/2/11 Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> > > On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 12:33 -0800, James Craig wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > > > > I've added a note that says: > > > > > > In a conforming document, the absence of the alt attribute indicates > > > that the image is a key part of the content but that a textual > > > replacement for the image was not available when the image was > > > generated. > > > > > > Does that help? > > > > That's perfect. Thank you. > > Did we just achieve consensus between the HTML and the PFWG > on ISSUE-31 missing-alt? > > i.e. James, are you pretty sure the rest of the PF WG agrees > with you? > > Matt May, Chaals, etc. is Ian's position close enough > to your own? It works for me. Do we have 3 independent parties > in agreement, I wonder? > > (FWIW, editorially, I like the suggestion of > 3 Feb 2009 08:47:11 +0200 to include the two by three table) > > -- > Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ > gpg D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E > > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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