- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 13:59:03 +0100
- To: "Andrew Sidwell" <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk>
- Cc: "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, wai-liaison@w3.org
2008/5/13 Andrew Sidwell <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk>: > I would be happy if someone (or several someones) in favour of making alt > mandatory in all cases would answer very simply: How does a blind > photographer mark up a photo, which is known to be critical content, but > which she herself cannot describe? > Furthermore, should a blind photographer who cannot provide alt text be > able to author conforming HTML5? (I ask this without prejudice; maybe the > answer should be no.) > > This is essentially what "handling the use case" would consist of. Guidance > needs to be given in cases like these-- "cases that result in important data > and/or data relationships not being provided", whether you want to > accommodate them within the spec or not. Let's accept this as reasonable. A minority case, but reasonable. I too would love to hear from a blind photographer. Andrew later states: > As a photographer, I do not have the time or the money to pay someone else > to have the time to provide anything resembling alternate text for 99% of my > photos. So... you expect a blind photographer to do it, but you can't be bothered. Your logic isn't Andrew. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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