Re: [html-techs-tf] caption vs alt

Hi Jon, you have asked me this question before :-)

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2013Feb/0093.html

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SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>


On 13 January 2014 14:54, Gunderson, Jon R <jongund@illinois.edu> wrote:

>  Steve,
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> What are the proposed accessibility API mapping for FIGURE and FIGCAPTION
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> Is the FIGURE the same as an IMG element, where FIGCAPTION has the same
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> Jon
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> *From:* Steve Faulkner [mailto:faulkner.steve@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 13, 2014 5:50 AM
> *To:* Alastair Campbell
> *Cc:* Joshue O Connor; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> *Subject:* Re: [html-techs-tf] caption vs alt
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> On 13 January 2014 11:42, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote:
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> I seem to remember there was a big discussion about whether @alt should be
> required for HTML5, which is a similar issue. I'm not sure what the outcome
> was, has that been decided and written down somewhere?
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> there is one case where an alt attribute is not required:
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> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#when-a-text-alternative-is-not-available-at-the-time-of-publication
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> Regards
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> SteveF
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> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
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