--On April 8, 2005 6:59:47 PM -0400 Robert Sayre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Walter, you are missing my point. You've said it yourself: > > "Maybe summaries are optional, but not because accessibility is optional."[0]
That was in reply to a proposal to make accessibility an optional profile, and to make summaries required only in that profile. That approach is unacceptable. I would read my comment as "regardless of your position on summaries, accessibility is required." Local textual summaries are rather common on the web. The <a> tag, for example. Current accessibility practice is to make the anchor text understandable out of context. In other words, to make it a summary of the linked resource. Even if the remote resource is text! For the <img> tag, the alt tag is used to provide a local, textual equivalent. Again, this is required practice for accessibility. Same thing for graphs, charts, audio, and video. These are top-level requirements. They fit on the WAI pocket card. There are ten "quick tips" and five of them are about local textual equivalents: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/> wunder -- Walter Underwood Principal Architect, Verity
