Re: Checkpoints 7.5, 2.5, 2.6, 1.5, 3.8 (Suggestion 3)

Responses in JRG:

 > "2.6 When the author has specified an empty text equivalent for non-text
> > content, do not generate one. [Priority 3]
> > Note: Authors may provide an empty text equivalent (e.g., alt="") when one
> > is required by specification, but the non-text content has no other 
> function
> > than pure decoration. Please refer to the Web Content Accessibility
> > Guidelines 1.0 [WCAG10] for more details. Refer also to checkpoint 2.5.
> > Techniques for checkpoint 2.6"

JRG: The note needs to be changed, since the alt="" could also saying that 
the image is redundant with another image.  For example, when a single 
visual image is constructed of a set of samller images.  One of the images 
could specify the alt text and the others would not need to be 
identified.  Suggested change:

Note: Authors may provide an empty text equivalent (e.g., alt="") when one 
is required by specification, in this case the alt information is redundant 
with information from another image. Please refer to the Web Content 
Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 [WCAG10] for more details. Refer also to 
checkpoint 2.5.

Techniques for checkpoint 2.6"
>I think that I agree with Eric's assessment about the
>relationship between 2.5/2.6 and WCAG 1.1. I am not sure about adding
>"recognized" in front of "non-text content" since we would end up
>saying "recognized video" or "recognized captions" everywhere. This, to
>me, is still an editorial issue: include "recognized" in every
>checkpoint,
>or factor it out? I am favorable to stating once in the applicability
>section (which means we could/should remove "recognize" from each
>checkpoint's
>text).

JRG: I think we can move the word redundant to the applicability section.

>  - Ian
>
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Received on Tuesday, 29 August 2000 09:23:03 UTC