- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 20:50:14 -0400
- To: WAI Markup Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 09:04 AM 26/05/98 +1000, Jason White wrote: >Further to Josh's comment, why should the textual alternative be included >in the TITLE attribute of OBJECT? LQ:: It shouldn't. The TITLE gives a title for the OBJECT, just as TITLE does with any other element. Alternative text is not a title. JW:: >If I remember the HTML 4.0 specification >correctly, an empty OBJECT element (one that contains no content) is not >permitted. LQ:: OBJECT can have no content, as in the following example: <OBJECT DATA="fluff.gif" TITLE="Pure, unadulterated fluff"> </OBJECT> A content-free OBJECT would be appropriate when embedding a purely decorative object--there is no alternative content because the object is not content. JW:: >Thus, the guideline should state that the alternative text >belongs in the content of OBJECT, and that authors may wish to include a >brief label for the resource in the TITLE attribute. LQ:: Agreed. -- Liam Quinn Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/
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