- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charlesn@srl.rmit.EDU.AU>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 11:27:21 +1100 (EST)
- To: Mickey Quenzer <mickeyq@integrityol.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
As I recall it the minutes are correct. The rationale was that a default ALT value of any kind means that validating tools will not be able to determine the fact that the ALT text is not human-generated (and computers are still not very good at reading pictures, except bitmapped text) and therefore unlikely to be of much value, and that if there was a default value it would enable authors to simply rely on it instead of providing a useful value. Charles McCN On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Mickey Quenzer wrote: > Hi: I My recollection for item 7 is different. Please correct me if I am > rong. > I think that this should read: > > 7. It was decided that there should be a guideline that states that the > authoring tool should not generate default alt- text but should create a > place-holder alt text. The minutes from Jutta read: > >7. It was decided that there should be a guideline that states that the > >authoring tool should not generate default alt- text or create place-holder > >alt text.
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