27862 2015-01-20 03:33:12 +0000 reorganize for standalone note 2016-02-23 11:40:40 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 alt techniques (editor: Steven Faulkner) unspecified Macintosh Windows 3.1 RESOLVED FIXED a11ytf, a11y_text-alt P2 normal --- 1 liam shane chaals faulkner.steve mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking shane public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 117332 0 liam 2015-01-20 03:33:12 +0000 The alt document is to be published as a WG note, so it needs the full Note organization including abstract, status, introduction, references etc. E.g. for abstract, [[ Abstract This document contains best practice guidance for authors of HTML [HTML5] documents on providing text alternatives for images. ]] E.g. for intro, [[ Introduction The alt attribute is markup defined by the HTML [HTML5] specification that can be placed on any HTML _img_ image element [and elsewhere? - Liam] to provide a simple textual fallback for that case that the image is not displayed. Appropriate use of the _alt_ attribute is an important part of creating Web pages that are fully accessible, not only to people who are blind but also to people in situations where an image cannot be downloaded or displayed. The contents of alt attributes may also be available to Web search engines and to in-page user agent searches. This document describes how to use the _alt_ attribute in HTML [HTML5]. ]] 117579 1 shane 2015-01-29 17:29:41 +0000 Moved into LC1 component as per discussion in HTML A11Y Task Force on 29 January 2015 117596 2 shane 2015-01-29 19:31:14 +0000 Added sections and some candidate text. Needs review. 117622 3 shane 2015-01-30 16:07:25 +0000 Note that I also plan to reorganize slightly to have the high level requirements / guidelines in a section, and the examples in a separate section. It seems organizationally cleaner. 125223 4 chaals 2016-02-23 11:40:40 +0000 This has been done. In any event we expect proposals for HTML spec.