- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:11:23 +0100
- To: Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com>, HTML Working Group <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
aloha, maurice -- your example is fallacious -- if there is advice to be given on quote proper unquote use of null alt text, then there should be guidance (anyone remember WCAG? anyone read WCAG 2.0?) for a standardized way of indicating null alt text which an assistive technology can -- at the user's pleasure -- either skip entirely or indicate non-verbally/non-tactilely, using a very brief sound clip besides, what you included in your example was ASCII art, not an illustration quote critical to the content unquote, which was the point of my using this particular example as an example of why the HTML WG needs to work on authoring advice with the Web Accessibility Guidelines Working Group (WCAG - http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL) if it is to enter the realm of author guidance -- after all, WCAG 1.0 is a technical recommendation, and WCAG 2.0 will more than likely become one long before work on HTML5 is complete, so harmonization of the two efforts is essential... as for ASCII art, please consult the WCAG documents and their associated techniques documents: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/ http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/ http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/ as well as the information at the WCAG working group's site, cited above: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL gregory. -------------------------------------------------------------- You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -- Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita: gregory@ubats.org United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org --------------------------------------------------------------
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