This also goes to show that conformance checkers are tools that, while useful, should not be the be-all-and-end-all of error checking. If a page is designed to be semantically valid then a conformance checker is not really needed. On 6/18/07, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > > > On Jun 18, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > > > > > Lachlan Hunt wrote, quote: > >> No, even if the summary attribute were added to HTML5, it > >> certainly shouldn't be required. > > unquote > > > > why not? CAPTION is akin to ALT text - it provides a terse > > description > > of the object that cannot be visually perceived; the summary attribute > > itself serves the same purpose as LONGDESC (which provides a detailed > > description, orientational material, etc.) > > ALT should not be required either. It leads to pointless alt="" on > images that have no reasonable text equivalent, just to satisfy > conformance checkers. And that is actively harmful, because AT can't > tell the difference between a semantically null image and a > semantically meaningful image with no text alternative. > > Regards, > Maciej > > > -- Chris@tuesdaybegins.com http://www.tuesdaybegins.com
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