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Update of /sources/public/html5/alt-techniques In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv9099 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: flipping back to editors draft Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/alt-techniques/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.73 retrieving revision 1.74 diff -u -d -r1.73 -r1.74 --- Overview.html 23 May 2011 06:45:42 -0000 1.73 +++ Overview.html 26 May 2011 13:18:32 -0000 1.74 @@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ pre.sh_sourceCode .sh_paren { color: red; } pre.sh_sourceCode .sh_attribute { color: #006400; } -</style><link charset="utf-8" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-LC"></head> -<body style="display: inherit;"><div class="head"><p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" alt="W3C" width="72" height="48"></a></p><h1 class="title" id="title">HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives</h1><h2 id="w3c-working-draft-24-may-2011">W3C Working Draft 24 May 2011</h2><dl><dt>This version:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-alt-techniques-20110524/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-alt-techniques-20110524/</a></dd><dt>Latest published version:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/alt-techniques/">http://www.w3.org/TR/alt-techniques/</a></dd><dt>Latest editor's draft:</dt><dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/">http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/</a></dd><dt>Previous version:</dt><dd>none</dd><dt>Editor:</dt><dd><span>Steve Faulkner</span>, The Paciello Group <span class="ed_mailto"><a href="mailto:sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com">sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com</a></span> </dd> +</style><link charset="utf-8" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED"></head> +<body style="display: inherit;"><div class="head"><p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" alt="W3C" width="72" height="48"></a></p><h1 class="title" id="title">HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives</h1><h2 id="w3c-editor-s-draft-26-may-2011">W3C Editor's Draft 26 May 2011</h2><dl><dt>This version:</dt><dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/">http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/</a></dd><dt>Latest published version:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/alt-techniques/">http://www.w3.org/TR/alt-techniques/</a></dd><dt>Latest editor's draft:</dt><dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/">http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/</a></dd><dt>Previous version:</dt><dd>none</dd><dt>Editor:</dt><dd><span>Steve Faulkner</span>, The Paciello Group <span class="ed_mailto"><a href="mailto:sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com">sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com</a></span> </dd> </dl><p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright">Copyright</a> © 2011 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a><sup>®</sup> (<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><acronym title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">MIT</acronym></a>, <a href="http://www.ercim.eu/"><acronym title="European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</acronym></a>, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Legal_Disclaimer">liability</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks">trademark</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents">document use</a> rules apply.</p><hr></div> @@ -669,11 +669,11 @@ <p>This specification is an extension to the HTML5 specification [<cite><a href="#bib-HTML5" rel="biblioentry" class="bibref">HTML5</a></cite>]. All normative content in the HTML5 specification, unless specifically overridden by this specification, is intended to be the basis for this specification.</p> - <p>This specification is a replacement for the sections <A href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#alt">4.8.1.1 Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</A> up to and including <A href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/embedded-content-1.html#an-image-not-intended-for-the-user">4.8.1.1.11 An image not intended for the user</A> of the HTML5 specification and all of the normative and non normative content of the sections there-in.</p> + <p>This specification is a replacement for the sections <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#alt">4.8.1.1 Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</a> to <a href="4.8.1.1.11%20An%20image%20not%20intended%20for%20the%20user">4.8.2.1.11</a> of the HTML5 specification and all of the normative and non normative content of the sections there-in.</p> </div><div id="sotd" class="introductory section"><h2>Status of This Document</h2><p><em>This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C technical reports index</a> at http://www.w3.org/TR/.</em></p> <p class="warning"><strong>This document is subject to change without notice.</strong></p> -<p>This document was published by the <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/">HTML Working Group</a> as a Last Call Working Draft. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to <a href="mailto:public-html@w3.org">public-html@w3.org</a> (<a href="mailto:public-html-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe">subscribe</a>, <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/">archives</a>). The Last Call period ends 24 July 2011. All feedback is welcome.</p><p>Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.</p><p>This is a Last Call Working Draft and thus the Working Group has determined that this document has satisfied the relevant technical requirements and is sufficiently stable to advance through the Technical Recommendationprocess.</p><p>This document was produced by a group operating under the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/">5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy</a>. W3C maintains a <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/40318/status" rel="disclosure">public list of any patent disclosures</a> made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential">Essential Claim(s)</a> must disclose the information in accordance with <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure">section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy</a>.</p></div><div class="section" id="toc"><h2 class="introductory">Table of Contents</h2><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#abstract"><span class="secno">1. </span>Abstract</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxre" href="#intro_alt"><span class="secno">2. </span>Introduction</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#conformance"><span class="secno">2.1 </span>Conformance</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#recommendations"><span class="secno">3. </span>Requirements and Recommendations:</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec1"><span class="secno">3.1 </span>A link or button containing only an image</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec2"><span class="secno">3.2 </span>Graphical representations: charts, diagrams, graphs, maps, illustrations</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec3"><span class="secno">3.3 </span>Images of text</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec4"><span class="secno">3.4 </span>Images that include text</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec5"><span class="secno">3.5 </span>A purely decorative image that doesn't add any information</a></li><li cass="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec6"><span class="secno">3.6 </span>Images that enhance the themes or subject matter of the page content</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec7"><span class="secno">3.7 </span>An image not intended for the user</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec8"><span class="secno">3.8 </span>Icons</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec9"><span class="secno">3.9 </span>Images of Pictures</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec10"><span class="secno">3.10 </span>Webcam images</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec11"><span class="secno">3.11 </span>A group of images that form a single larger picture with and without links</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec12"><span class="secno">3.12 </span> When a text alternative is unknown at the time of publication</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec13"><span class="secno">3.13 </span>CAPTCHA Images </a>/li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec14"><span class="secno">3.14 </span>Logos, insignia, flags, or emblems</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec15"><span class="secno">3.15 </span>Inline images</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#methods"><span class="secno">4. </span>Methods for Providing Text Alternatives</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm1"><span class="secno">4.1 </span>The <code>img</code> element <code>alt</code> attribute</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm2"><span class="secno">4.1.1 </span>Is alt attribute content a replacement for an image?</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm3"><span class="secno">4.1.2 </span>Using an empty <code>alt</code> attribute <code>alt=""</code></a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#m5"><span class="secno">4.1.3 </span>How long should a text alternative be?</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a clas="tocxref" href="#m6"><span class="secno">4.2 </span>The <code>figure</code> and <code>figcaption</code> elements</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm7"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>The <code>img</code> element <code>title</code> attribute</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#gloss"><span class="secno">5. </span>Glossary</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#ack"><span class="secno">6. </span>Acknowledgements</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#references"><span class="secno">A. </span>References</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#normative-references"><span class="secno">A.1 </span>Normative references</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#informative-references"><span class="secno">A.2 </span>Informative references</a></li></ul></li></ul></div> +<p>This document was published by the <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/">HTML Working Group</a> as an Editor's Draft. If you wish to make comments regarding this document, please send them to <a href="mailto:public-html@w3.org">public-html@w3.org</a> (<a href="mailto:public-html-request@w3.org?subject=subscribe">subscribe</a>, <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/">archives</a>). All feedback is welcome.</p><p>Publication as a Editor's Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.</p><p>This document was produced by a group operating under the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/">5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy</a>. W3C maintains a <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/40318/status" rel="disclosure">public list of any patent disclosures</a> made in connection with the delierables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-essential">Essential Claim(s)</a> must disclose the information in accordance with <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure">section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy</a>.</p></div><div class="section" id="toc"><h2 class="introductory">Table of Contents</h2><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#abstract"><span class="secno">1. </span>Abstract</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#intro_alt"><span class="secno">2. </span>Introduction</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#conformance"><span class="secno">2.1 </span>Conformance</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#recommendations"><span class="secno">3. </span>Requirements and Recommendations:</a><ul clas="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec1"><span class="secno">3.1 </span>A link or button containing only an image</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec2"><span class="secno">3.2 </span>Graphical representations: charts, diagrams, graphs, maps, illustrations</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec3"><span class="secno">3.3 </span>Images of text</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec4"><span class="secno">3.4 </span>Images that include text</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec5"><span class="secno">3.5 </span>A purely decorative image that doesn't add any information</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec6"><span class="secno">3.6 </span>Images that enhance the themes or subject matter of the page content</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec7"><span class="secno">3.7 </span>An image not intended for the user</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec8"><span cass="secno">3.8 </span>Icons</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec9"><span class="secno">3.9 </span>Images of Pictures</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec10"><span class="secno">3.10 </span>Webcam images</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec11"><span class="secno">3.11 </span>A group of images that form a single larger picture with and without links</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec12"><span class="secno">3.12 </span> When a text alternative is unknown at the time of publication</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec13"><span class="secno">3.13 </span>CAPTCHA Images </a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec14"><span class="secno">3.14 </span>Logos, insignia, flags, or emblems</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#sec15"><span class="secno">3.15 </span>Inline images</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#methods"><span class="secno">4. </span>Methos for Providing Text Alternatives</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm1"><span class="secno">4.1 </span>The <code>img</code> element <code>alt</code> attribute</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm2"><span class="secno">4.1.1 </span>Is alt attribute content a replacement for an image?</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm3"><span class="secno">4.1.2 </span>Using an empty <code>alt</code> attribute <code>alt=""</code></a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#m5"><span class="secno">4.1.3 </span>How long should a text alternative be?</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#m6"><span class="secno">4.2 </span>The <code>figure</code> and <code>figcaption</code> elements</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#secm7"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>The <code>img</code> element <code>title</code> attribute</a></li></ul></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#gloss"><spn class="secno">5. </span>Glossary</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#ack"><span class="secno">6. </span>Acknowledgements</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#references"><span class="secno">A. </span>References</a><ul class="toc"><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#normative-references"><span class="secno">A.1 </span>Normative references</a></li><li class="tocline"><a class="tocxref" href="#informative-references"><span class="secno">A.2 </span>Informative references</a></li></ul></li></ul></div> <hr>
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