- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:11:23 +0100
- To: Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com>, HTML Working Group <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
aloha, maurice --
your example is fallacious -- if there is advice to be given on
quote proper unquote use of null alt text, then there should be
guidance (anyone remember WCAG? anyone read WCAG 2.0?) for a
standardized way of indicating null alt text which an assistive
technology can -- at the user's pleasure -- either skip entirely
or indicate non-verbally/non-tactilely, using a very brief sound
clip
besides, what you included in your example was ASCII art, not an
illustration quote critical to the content unquote, which was the
point of my using this particular example as an example of why
the HTML WG needs to work on authoring advice with the Web
Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG -
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL) if it is to enter the realm of author
guidance -- after all, WCAG 1.0 is a technical recommendation, and
WCAG 2.0 will more than likely become one long before work on HTML5
is complete, so harmonization of the two efforts is essential...
as for ASCII art, please consult the WCAG documents and their
associated techniques documents:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/
as well as the information at the WCAG working group's site, cited
above:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL
gregory.
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Gregory J. Rosmaita: gregory@ubats.org
United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org
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