[Bug 26149] New: should img alt="" be mapped to role=presentation?

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26149

            Bug ID: 26149
           Summary: should img alt="" be mapped to role=presentation?
           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: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

The HTML spec[1] requires an img element with an empty alt (alt="") to be
mapped to role=presentation[3]


 Firefox/IE/Chrome does not currently implement this (webkit does)[2]

[1]http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-strong-native-semantics
[2]http://stevefaulkner.github.io/html-mapping-tests/
[3] effect of role=presentation
http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/#mapping_general

from bug opened on firefox there is pushback 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027018

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Received on Thursday, 19 June 2014 19:27:31 UTC