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Bug 10168 - Please consider adding a section on role="presentation"
Summary: Please consider adding a section on role="presentation"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 alt techniques (editor: Steven Faulkner) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: steve faulkner
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/
Whiteboard:
Keywords: a11y, a11y_text-alt
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-07-14 18:01 UTC by Laura Carlson
Modified: 2010-12-05 18:04 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Laura Carlson 2010-07-14 18:01:02 UTC
It would be very helpful to have a section in the "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives" document on role="presentation" explaining how it works and advantages over alt="".

This relates to:

1.  The Accessibility Coordination Group's "Consensus Resolutions on Text alternatives in HTML 5" 
http://www.w3.org/2009/06/Text-Alternatives-in-HTML5

The WAI CG doc specifies:

<img> is only valid when at least one of the following is true:

* @alt is present (empty or non-empty) OR
* @aria-labelledby is present (non-empty only) OR
* the <img> is located within a <figure> that has a non-empty <legend> OR
* @role="presentation"

2. Bug 9214: Allow role="presentation" on img 
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9214

3. The email request to the a11y task force: Add rationale or exclude role="presentation", aria-labelledby & aria-labelled attributes from alt change proposal? 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Jun/0213.html

4. HTML Tracker ISSUE-31 
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31 

Thanks.
Comment 1 Michael Cooper 2010-09-02 13:42:57 UTC
Bug triage sub-team notes the task force has an interest in this but does not need to prioritize its work on these. Steve and the reporters can follow the usual process on these.
Comment 2 steve faulkner 2010-12-05 18:04:16 UTC
DITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are
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Status: partially accepted

Change Description: example of role="presentation" will be added to spec

Rationale: agree that its use should be explained.