RE: SVG accessibility - title, description and what to do with it

> From: Loretta Guarino Reid 

> Let me present a hypothetical example, to see if that makes 
> my question 
> clearer.
> 
> Suppose I use SVG for a bar chart. The bar chart will contain 
> some text 
> labeling values on the axes, at least. But the text alone 
> will by no means 
> communicate the information in the bar chart.

Excellent example.



> 
> Would I attach a description to the entire bar chart? to the 
> individual bars 
> in the chart? if I describe the bars in the chart, should the 
> top-level 
> description duplicate the information about the values of the 
> individual bars? 
> or just indicate that this is a bar chart plotting X against Y?
> 
> It seems that I need to know something about the way this 
> information will be 
> presented to know how to author it properly.

A view.

1. I need to know that its a bar chart.
    First stream is document title, this is a bar chart.
2. I need to know the y values at each x point.
   Second stream is the sequence of y values at each x axis point.

Done.

Regards DaveP





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Received on Monday, 10 September 2001 04:16:25 UTC