Re: feedback requested on WAI CG Consensus Resolutions on Text alternatives in HTML 5 document

On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:11, Henri Sivonen wrote:

> * "After the end of an authoring session, the authoring tool does  
> not attempt to repair alternative content for non-text content using  
> text content that is equally available to user agents (e.g., the  
> filename is not used)." (Quoted from ATAG 2)
>
> * Autogenerated alt="image", alt="" and alt=" " violate the ATAG 2  
> language quoted in the previous point.
>
> * Autogenerated alt="photo" might be spun not to violate it but  
> practically isn't materially different from alt="image".
>
> * Autogenerated role=presentation doesn't violate the ATAG 2 point  
> literally but does in spirit.


  * If @title is considered to function as a substitute for alt in the  
absence of alt, the same autogeneration considerations apply to @title  
as well.

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Henri Sivonen
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Received on Monday, 17 August 2009 07:31:02 UTC