22852 2013-08-01 16:07:09 +0000 Average rainfall description consider reference in the ALT text to the full description 2016-04-14 16:00:13 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED a11y P2 editorial --- 1 david100 faulkner.steve chaals faulkner.steve lwatson mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 91506 0 david100 2013-08-01 16:07:09 +0000 <img src="rainchart.gif" alt="Average rainfall in millimetres by Country and Season."> <table> <caption>Rainfall in millimetres by Country and Season.</caption> <tr><td><th scope="col">UK <th scope="col">Japan<th scope="col">Australia</tr> Suggest the ALT be something like: alt="Average rainfall in millimetres by Country and Season. Full description in table below." Also, we use British spelling here in Canada also, but I believe the W3C has adopted American spelling "millimeters", but its an example so maybe it doesn't matter... 91507 1 david100 2013-08-01 16:21:28 +0000 Same here 4.8.1.1.7 Images that enhance the themes or subject matter of the page content <img src="shalott.jpeg" alt="Painting of a young woman with long hair, sitting in a wooden boat. "> <p><a href="#des">Description of the painting</a>.</p> alt="Painting of a young woman with long hair, sitting in a wooden boat. Full description below." Also note the orphan space before the closing " in the ALT quotation. 120944 2 faulkner.steve 2015-06-12 14:41:42 +0000 Waiting for the HTML spec to be editable again... 125851 3 chaals 2016-04-14 14:32:54 +0000 Steve, ping? 125856 4 faulkner.steve 2016-04-14 16:00:13 +0000 fixed https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/0a7d6f2330a7cd11843c0b4bfe027e5c698498f8