6765 2009-04-03 09:02:08 +0000 Poor wording in 4.8.2.1.12 General guidelines 2010-10-04 14:27:59 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All VERIFIED FIXED NoReply P2 normal --- 1 oliver.rigby ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 24531 0 oliver.rigby 2009-04-03 09:02:08 +0000 Currently the wording under 4.8.2.1.12 General guidelines is "The most general rule for writing alternative text is that the intent is that replacing every image with the text of its alt attribute not change the meaning of the page." It's probably been written in this way to avoid references to words in RFC2119, but in my opinion would be better written as "The general rule when writing alternative text is to consider that the intent is to allow every image to be replaced with the text of its alt attribute without changing the meaning of the page" would be clearer. 25379 1 ian 2009-05-30 22:40:25 +0000 I've tweaked the text, though not quite in the way you suggest. Let me know if you think the new text is still problematic. 33081 2 mjs 2010-03-14 13:17:44 +0000 This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy. If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, 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 This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.