- From: T. V. Raman <tvraman@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:59:30 -0800
- To: derhoermi@gmx.net (Bjoern Hoehrmann)
- Cc: www-forms@w3.org
the text as present meets the purpose of making the page
usable and accessible --which is more important than blindly
following some guideline.
>>>>> "Bjoern" == Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> writes:
Bjoern> Hi, A quick look at the WD took me to alt texts
Bjoern> like (from section 2.2):
Bjoern> | [...] alt="The XForms Model: | A dotted line
Bjoern> surrounds two boxes labeled [Data Structures]
Bjoern> and [XForms Extensions]. | The Data Structures
Bjoern> box contains Structure and Types. The XForms
Bjoern> Extensions | box contains Constraints,
Bjoern> Dependencies, Expressions, and Calculations"
Bjoern> [...]
Bjoern> This is a longdesc-ription, not alt-ernative
Bjoern> textual content for the image. Please consult
Bjoern> some of those WAI papers, that explain the
Bjoern> purpose of the alt attribute.
Bjoern> Best regards, -- Björn Höhrmann ^
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