- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:41:26 +1000
- To: Web Content Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Joe Clark writes: > > > Secondly, if the description is "explicitly associated" with the > > non-text content, > > We are going to need tighter phrasing than that. "Explicitly associated" > could be interpreted to mean the addition of actual text on the page > saying something like "Look at the bottom of the page for the description > of this image," without a link. Sort of like people "marking" the language > of text by writing "The following text is in Spanish." That's why I suggested earlier "explicitly associated in markup or a data model" to clarify the point. If the qualification is omitted, then it will need to be included in a definition of "explicit association". > > I've never been wild about the presumed synonym "programmatically," but it > could work here. > We could say that the association between a text equivalent/alternative and the corresponding non-text content can be programmatically determined. This is a very cumbersome form of expression however, which I would rather avoid. Any suggestions for better wording?
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