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Bug 22374 - The general rule at the " context" level rather than the page level
Summary: The general rule at the " context" level rather than the page level
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: steve faulkner
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2013-06-15 07:14 UTC by dmacdona
Modified: 2013-06-30 10:23 UTC (History)
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Description dmacdona 2013-06-15 07:14:06 UTC 
General rules for alt text seztion

"The most general rule to consider when writing alternative text is the following: the intent is that replacing every image with the text of its alt attribute not change the meaning of the page"


Not sure we should make the acid test at the page level.Perhaps just the image in context.

"The most general rule to consider when writing alternative text is the following: the intent is that replacing any image with the text of its alt attribute not change the meaning of the message that was previously conveyed by the image and it's surrounding context."
Comment 1 steve faulkner 2013-06-19 13:58:08 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> General rules for alt text seztion
> 
> "The most general rule to consider when writing alternative text is the
> following: the intent is that replacing every image with the text of its alt
> attribute not change the meaning of the page"
> 
> 
> Not sure we should make the acid test at the page level.Perhaps just the
> image in context.
> 
> "The most general rule to consider when writing alternative text is the
> following: the intent is that replacing any image with the text of its alt
> attribute not change the meaning of the message that was previously conveyed
> by the image and it's surrounding context."

this section is being revised and updated, waiting on janina to provide draft.
Comment 2 steve faulkner 2013-06-30 10:23:03 UTC 
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Status: invalid
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: the feedback is based on content that is being replaced, so please file bug if needed after review of new text.
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