[Bug 23059] New: Alt text section should address a headshot of a person with their name written

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23059

            Bug ID: 23059
           Summary: Alt text section should address a headshot of a person
                    with their name written
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows NT
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: david100@sympatico.ca
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

There have been a number of discussions about situation where you have a head
shot of a person with their name written beside it, or in a section that says
something like "Biography of John Doe" and there is a headshot...

example
http://lassonde.yorku.ca/users/aijunan

Some accessibility people say use null alt=""   other say alt="headshot of John
Doe" Others say alt="John Doe" or "photo of John Doe"...

We should address this specific common use case of an image.

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Received on Monday, 26 August 2013 00:39:55 UTC