(techs) Test 16

Chris,


Test 16
(http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/test16.html)



On the Status page (http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/checkstatus.html)
This test is listed under:
All tests related to Alt text thst use
IMG element
and clearly states: Not all of these tests have been accepted by the group.


So, I understand the status.

But I just had two points about example 16-4.html


Existing example is
<quote>

16-4.html Will pass the test. (Image within link is decorative and Alt text is an empty string ("").) 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #16 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><a><img src="star.gif" alt=""/>dogs</a></p>
</body>
</html>

</quote>



ISSUE 1:

If this were to "pass the test" then the "<title>OAC Testfile - Check #16 - Negative</title>" should probably be 
"<title>OAC Testfile - Check #16 - Positive</title>"



ISSUE (or really question) 2:

I am probably just wrong here, but, just to be sure..........

Can you have a plain 'a' element as is shown in this example?
"<p><a><img src="star.gif" alt="" />dogs</a></p>". 

I do not recall ever seeing such a thing. But then again, there is quite bit of legitimate stuff out there that I have never seen.


Thanks

* katie *

Katie Haritos-Shea

Section 508 Technical Policy Analyst

U.S. Department of Treasury - Financial Management Service
Information Resources - Standards and Policy
Section 508 Support

Phone: 202-874-3203
Email: mailto:Katie.Haritos-Shea@fms.treas.gov
Location: 10E24

Received on Monday, 15 August 2005 18:45:47 UTC