12874 2011-06-03 06:47:04 +0000 question on use of image maps 2011-12-14 17:18:09 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 alt techniques (editor: Steven Faulkner) unspecified PC All RESOLVED WORKSFORME http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-comments/2011Jun/0000.html a11y, a11y_text-alt P2 normal --- 1 mike faulkner.steve faulkner.steve laura.lee.carlson mike public-html-a11y public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking reinaldo public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 49133 0 mike 2011-06-03 06:47:04 +0000 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-comments/2011Jun/0000.html from Reinaldo Ferraz <reinaldo@nic.br> Question: In the *Example 2.5*, is it possible to use Image maps <map></map> to create alternatives and to put ALT inside of each <area> tag? 53217 1 mike 2011-08-04 05:08:39 +0000 mass-move component to LC1 61553 2 faulkner.steve 2011-12-14 17:18:09 +0000 (In reply to comment #0) > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-comments/2011Jun/0000.html > > from Reinaldo Ferraz <reinaldo@nic.br> > > Question: In the *Example 2.5*, is it possible to use Image maps <map></map> to > create alternatives and to put ALT inside of each <area> tag? Hi Reinaldo, EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: rejected Change Description: no change Rationale: It may be possible to use area elements, but the example illustrates a method that provides semantic structure for the content that conveys the structure represented visually.