On 12/07/07, Andy Mabbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, July 12, 2007 10:37, Frances Berriman wrote:
> On 12/07/07, David Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Guillaume Lebleu wrote:
>>> What would be the suggested best practice to make this human-readable
>>> content machine-readable as well?
>>
>> Ok, maybe I'm missing something here, but isn't the 'alt' attribute
>> precisely what you're looking for?
>
> I'm inclined to agree with this for in page images. @alt should carry
> all the descriptive information needed for the machine (or other
> usergroups) needed.
That rather depends on what you mean by "descriptive information". The alt
attribute should carry the *text alternative* for the *meaning* of the
image. So "available" might be correct, but "green ball" is not. Neither
is keyword-stuffing.
Sure - I agree. I was assuming what Guillaume was getting at was
wanting to say that an image on a page that is there as a green light
to say, for example, an order has been accepted, which should also
have a machine readable alternative, so therefore it seems acceptable
to me to use the @alt with the content of "Order accepted", perhaps.
That would make sense read out still.
A useful rule of thumb is to read the page out loud, as though you are
doing so to someone, via a telephone. What would you say, when you came to
such an image?
Definitely.
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Frances Berriman
http://fberriman.com
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