- From: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:09:18 -0400
- To: "Michael Cooper" <michaelc@watchfire.com>, "WAI GL (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
>I therefore propose we add a new Level 1 Success Criterion in Guideline >1.1 (or re-add since this has existed in earlier drafts): "Provide text >alternatives for non-text content." Full stop there, and the remaining >success criteria following it would explain more. I disagree with the proposal since it is redundant with the other Guideline 1.1 criteria. I don't think it is a problem to map a technique to multiple success criteria OR we should consider creating different techniques for each type of content described in Guideline 1.1. From a user perspective, it might make more sense to have even more granular techniques (that address the different uses of image) or perhaps groups of techniques. There are already separate HTML techniques for alt on image and alt on images used in anchors (e.g., functional non-text content vs. non-text content). Instead of separate techniques on longdesc and alt, why not a single technique that shows how to use them together? You could provide more guidance about what is appropriate for alt vs longdesc. Regardless, the techniques as they are need more examples to show the breadth of uses of img, object, etc. --wendy -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/ /--
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