html5/alt-techniques Overview.html,1.108,1.109 developer.html,1.14,1.15 from Steven Faulkners via cvs-syncmail on 2012-07-02 (public-html-commits@w3.org from July 2012)

From: Steven Faulkners via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:14:52 +0000
To: public-html-commits@w3.org
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Update of /sources/public/html5/alt-techniques
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	Overview.html developer.html 
Log Message:
updated alt text decison tree after feedback

Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/alt-techniques/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.108
retrieving revision 1.109
diff -u -d -r1.108 -r1.109
--- Overview.html	26 Jun 2012 14:11:39 -0000	1.108
+++ Overview.html	2 Jul 2012 13:14:50 -0000	1.109
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
 </style>
 </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 June 2012</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/html-alt-techniques/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html-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>
+<h2 id="w3c-editor-s-draft-26-may-2011">W3C Editor's Draft 02 July 2012</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/html-alt-techniques/">http://www.w3.org/TR/html-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>Developer edition:</dt>
 <dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/developer.html">http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/developer.html</a> </dd>
 <!-- <h2 id="w3c-working-draft-29-march-2012">W3C Working Draft 29 March 2012</h2>
@@ -896,10 +896,10 @@
       </LI>
       <LI>Does the image contribute meaning to the current page or context?
         <UL>
-          <LI><strong>Yes</strong>, but a suitable alt text is unknown at the time of publication: <a href="#sec12">provide a caption for the image</a>.</LI>
           <LI><STRONG>Yes, </STRONG>and it’s a <a href="#sec6">simple graphic</a> or <a href="#sec9">photograph</a>: the <code>alt</code> attribute should briefly describe the image in a way that conveys that meaning.</LI>
           <LI><STRONG>Yes</STRONG>, and it’s a <a href="#sec2">graph or complex piece of information</a>: include the information contained in the image  elsewhere on the page.</LI>
-          <LI><STRONG>No</STRONG>: Use an <a href="#secm3">empty</a> <code>alt</code> attribute.      </LI>
+          <LI><strong>Yes</strong>, but a suitable alt text is unknown at the time of publication (for example on a photo upload site): <a href="#sec12">provide a caption for the image</a>.</LI>
+          <LI><STRONG>No</STRONG>: Continue on!.      </LI>
         </UL>
       </LI>
       <LI>Is the image <a href="#sec5">purely decorative</a> or <a href="#sec7">not intended</a> for the user?
@@ -907,8 +907,12 @@
           <LI>Use an <a href="#secm3">empty</a> <code>alt</code> attribute.</LI>
         </UL>
       </LI>
+      <li>Image use not listed above or insure about what alt text to provide?
+        <ul>
+          <li>This decision tree <strong>does not</strong> cover all cases, for detailed information on the provision of text alternatives refer to the <a href="#recommendations">requirements and recommendations</a> below.</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
     </ul>
-    <p><strong>Note:</strong> This decision tree <strong>does not</strong> cover all cases, for detailed information on the provision of text alternatives refer to the  <a href="#recommendations">requirements and recommendations</a> below.</p>
     <div class="section" id="conformance">
       <h3><span class="secno">2.2 </span>Conformance</h3>
       <p>As well as sections marked as non-normative, all authoring guidelines, diagrams, examples, and notes in this specification are non-normative. Everything else in this specification is normative.</p>

Index: developer.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/alt-techniques/developer.html,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -d -r1.14 -r1.15
--- developer.html	26 Jun 2012 14:11:39 -0000	1.14
+++ developer.html	2 Jul 2012 13:14:50 -0000	1.15
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
 </style>
 </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-june-2012">W3C Editor's Draft 26 June 2012</h2><dl><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>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>
+<h2 id="w3c-editor-s-draft-26-june-2012">W3C Editor's Draft 02 July 2012</h2><dl><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>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> &copy; 2012 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a><sup>&reg;</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>
 
 
@@ -812,12 +812,12 @@
           <LI><STRONG>No</STRONG>: Continue on!</LI>
         </UL>
       </LI>
-      <LI>Does the image contribute meaning to the current page or context?
+       <LI>Does the image contribute meaning to the current page or context?
         <UL>
-          <LI><strong>Yes</strong>, but a suitable alt text is unknown at the time of publication: <a href="#sec12">provide a caption for the image</a>.</LI>
           <LI><STRONG>Yes, </STRONG>and it's a <a href="#sec6">simple graphic</a> or <a href="#sec9">photograph</a>: the <code>alt</code> attribute should briefly describe the image in a way that conveys that meaning.</LI>
           <LI><STRONG>Yes</STRONG>, and it's a <a href="#sec2">graph or complex piece of information</a>: include the information contained in the image  elsewhere on the page.</LI>
-          <LI><STRONG>No</STRONG>: Use an <a href="#secm3">empty</a> <code>alt</code> attribute.      </LI>
+          <LI><strong>Yes</strong>, but a suitable alt text is unknown at the time of publication (for example on a photo upload site): <a href="#sec12">provide a caption for the image</a>.</LI>
+          <LI><STRONG>No</STRONG>: Continue on!.      </LI>
         </UL>
       </LI>
       <LI>Is the image <a href="#sec5">purely decorative</a> or <a href="#sec7">not intended</a> for the user?
@@ -825,8 +825,12 @@
           <LI>Use an <a href="#secm3">empty</a> <code>alt</code> attribute.</LI>
         </UL>
       </LI>
+      <li>Image use not listed above or unsure about what alt text to provide?
+        <ul>
+          <li>This decision tree <strong>does not</strong> cover all cases, for detailed information on the provision of text alternatives refer to the <a href="#recommendations">requirements and recommendations</a> below.</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
     </ul>
-    <p><strong>Note:</strong> This decision tree <strong>does not</strong> cover all cases, for detailed information on the provision of text alternatives refer to the  <a href="#recommendations">requirements and recommendations</a> below.</p>
     <div class="section" id="conformance">
       <h3><span class="secno">2.2 </span>Conformance</h3>
       <p>As well as sections marked as non-normative, all authoring guidelines, diagrams, examples, and notes in this specification are non-normative. Everything else in this specification is normative.</p>
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