ISSUE-58
curly alt
[see missing-alt] Use of "curly brackets" to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG,
- State:
- CLOSED
- Product:
- HTML 5 spec
- Raised by:
- Joshue O Connor
- Opened on:
- 2008-08-13
- Description:
On behalf of several members of the WAI PF WG. The suggested "curly bracket" technique is insufficient, it constitutes both an abuse of the alt attribute and does not satisfy the WCAG requirement that alt text contains a textual equivalent of the image...
- Related Actions Items:
- No related actions
- Related emails:
- Re: ISSUE-58 (curly alt): Use of 'curly brackets' to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, [HTML 5 spec] (from joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie on 2008-08-13)
- Re: ISSUE-58 (curly alt): Use of 'curly brackets' to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, [HTML 5 spec] (from connolly@w3.org on 2008-08-13)
- Re: ISSUE-58 (curly alt): Use of 'curly brackets' to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, [HTML 5 spec] (from joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie on 2008-08-13)
- Re: ISSUE-58 (curly alt): Use of 'curly brackets' to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, [HTML 5 spec] (from connolly@w3.org on 2008-08-13)
- AUTO: Aaron M Leventhal is out of the office. (returning 08/20/2008) (from aleventh@us.ibm.com on 2008-08-13)
- ISSUE-58 (curly alt): Use of 'curly brackets' to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-08-13)
Related notes:
2008-08-13 09:29:30: Related Threads on issue
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Aug/0105.html [Joshue O Connor]
2008-08-13 14:28:05: see also ISSUE-31 missing-alt [Dan Connolly]
2008-08-14 16:36:12: once ISSUE-31 missing-alt was clarified/revised, this is not a separate issue. [Dan Connolly]
Changelog:
2008-08-13 07:25:08: Created issue 'Use of "curly brackets" to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, ' nickname curly alt owned by Joshue O Connor on product HTML 5 spec, description 'On behalf of Gregory Rosmaita. The suggested "curly bracket" technique is insufficient, it constitutes both an abuse of the alt attribute and does not satisfy the WCAG requirement that alt text contains a textual equivalent of the image... ' non-public [Joshue O Connor]
2008-08-13 14:28:05: Description changed to 'On behalf of several members of the WAI PF WG. The suggested "curly bracket" technique is insufficient, it constitutes both an abuse of the alt attribute and does not satisfy the WCAG requirement that alt text contains a textual equivalent of the image... ' [Dan Connolly]
2008-08-14 16:36:12: title changed to '[see missing-alt] Use of "curly brackets" to identify a graphical image by its use or type by inserting a generic identifier / descriptor in curly braces as the @alt value for an IMG, ' [Dan Connolly]
2008-08-14 16:36:12: Status changed to 'closed' [Dan Connolly]