- From: Patrick Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:40:21 +0100
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> David Balch > I'm writing a short guide describing the information that > should accompany > images in content my group produces: title, caption, attribution, > alternative equivilant. [...] > http://tall.conted.ox.ac.uk/testarea/david/image/ImageExamples.html A few thoughts off the top of my head (which may not necessarily be "right", and will probably depend a lot more on the context of the entire page these images are in): - the Mona Lisa: your proposed ALT looks far more like a LONGDESC to me; I'd stick with a simple "Photograph of the Mona Lisa" or similar. - World population increase: I would add "Diagram: " in front of your current ALT (and possibly a LONGDESC linking to a proper HTML table containing the actual data, plus trends etc as summary) - Covalent bonding: empty alt seems fine (although that usually implies some purely visual "fluff" images - so maybe an ALT of "diagram of an H20 molecule") - Noodles: your ALT is definitely more of a LONGDESC, and may not even be necessary; I'd argue that this is a case where the image *is* in fact purely used for decorative purposes. IMHO, of course... Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk
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