- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 18:21:38 +0000 (UTC)
- To: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Test 15 - ALT text for images used as links must describe the link
> destination
No, it must not. Alt text replaces the image; <a> describes the
destination, as with title="". Quit trying to rewrite the spec.
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/objects.html#adef-alt>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/links.html#adef-href>,
additionally, states that the href attribute "specifies the location of a
Web resource, thus defining a link between the current element (the source
anchor) and the destination anchor defined by this attribute."
What defines the destination is <a>, not <img>. By spec. It's
cut-and-dried; the Working Group's attempts are incorrect and must be
removed.
If I'm not mistaken, I got this wrong in my book. Let's not keep getting
it wrong.
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