- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 15:23:59 +0200
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html-a11y@w3.org
Leif Halvard Silli, Tue, 3 May 2011 15:10:51 +0200: > As I said in the poll: before deciding whether @alt can be empty of > non-empty, AT as well as author should calculate the role of the IMG. > As expressed my my 'validity map' [1], the valid value of @alt should > depend on the outcome of that calculation, rather than the opposite way > - that the role of the img depends on @alt. Only if *nothing else* > affects the role, should the @alt affect the role of the IMG. [...] > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0750 W.r.t. validity map, then unlike what I say there, non-empty @alt in combination with role=presentation should IMO be valid. This would be in line with thoughts I have heard from you that ARIA is for making content accessible and authors should not be prevented from making content accessible with ARIA. However, as sole content inside a link, it should probably be invalid to use role=presentation. -- Leif H Silli
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