- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:46:20 +0100
- To: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CA+ri+VnY-78dgaQBnA3+HS0RdWL652w4BsvEt81wP7VEJDPm5w@mail.gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> Date: 2 November 2012 13:45 Subject: rationale for keeping alt text spec as normative. To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org> The specification 'HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives' [1] contains normative authoring requirements because the HTML5 specification contains normative authoring requirements covering the same topic [2]. The normativity of the authoring requirements in the HTML5 specification and what they require is the root of the issue, so if the normativity of the extension spec is called into question the normativity of the requirements in HTML5 must also be called into question. The content of the 2 documents on the provision of text alternatives differ: * The HTML5 specification contains requirements that contradict the requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 [3] and the normative requirements do not have agreement within the accessibility community. * The Techniques document does not contain requirements that contradict Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and the normative requirements do have agreement within the accessibility community. [1]http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ [2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-img-element.html#alt [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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