- From: Carlos A Velasco <Carlos.Velasco@fit.fraunhofer.de>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:07:56 +0100
- To: Yvette Hoitink <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>
- Cc: 'Gregg Vanderheiden' <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Ivette, The problem is not the DU, but the conformance statement. carlos Yvette Hoitink wrote: > ... > > Hi Carlos, > > It seems to me you and Gregg agree! A standalone image does not conform to > WCAG because it should only be considered in context (with HTML that > includes alt, longdesc, etc). > > The problem is that an Image meets the current definition of Delivery Unit. > Gregg was merely pointing out the problem with that: that images are now > required to conform by themselves. Because that was never intended, Gregg > and others have been trying to find a better term so it is clear standalone > image don't need to conform but only in context. > > Yvette Hoitink > Heritas, Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands > E-mail: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl > WWW: http://www.heritas.nl > > -- Dr Carlos A Velasco - http://access.fit.fraunhofer.de/ Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT [Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT)] Barrierefreie Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie für Alle Schloss Birlinghoven, D53757 Sankt Augustin (Germany) Tel: +49-2241-142609 Fax: +49-2241-1442609
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