- From: Hugo Haas <hugo@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:23:03 -0500
- To: spec-prod@w3.org
Hi Eve.
* Eve L. Maler <eve.maler@east.sun.com> [2001-03-13 17:30-0500]
> I will fix this and get everything into CVS. Timeframe: probably 2-3
> weeks. Thanks for your patience!
Since you are talking about fixing stuff:
* Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org> [2001-03-07 09:54-0500]
> Hugo Haas (W3C): [..] Thought xmlspec prod was cool. Noticed that
> ALT generated on tables.
My comment what about the alt attribute of the graphic element (not
tables):
<!ATTLIST graphic
%common.att;
%simple-xlink.att;
source CDATA #REQUIRED
%auto-embed.att;
alt CDATA #IMPLIED
%local.graphic.att;>
I was advocating that for accessibility purposes, it should be
mandatory, considering its definition (extracted from [1]):
alt
An optional alternate string to display if the graphic data
cannot be displayed or viewed.
Hmmm... I see it listed in the issues section[2] though... well, just
a reminder then. :-)
> Philippe: also summary on tables.
Philippe was saying that summary, for table should be required:
<!ATTLIST table
%common.att;
%width.att;
summary CDATA #IMPLIED
border CDATA #IMPLIED
frame (void|above
|below|hsides
|lhs|rhs
|vsides|box
|border) #IMPLIED
rules (none|groups
|rows|cols
|all) #IMPLIED
cellspacing CDATA #IMPLIED
cellpadding CDATA #IMPLIED>
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0[3] list this
checkpoint[4] as a priority 3 ("A Web content developer may address
this checkpoint."), but documents are never "too accessible", so I
guess that this change would not hurt.
1. http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/06/xmlspec-report#AEN1655
2. http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/06/xmlspec-report#issues
3. http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/
4. http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505/#tech-table-summaries
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