[WSG] Alt text for purely aesthetic images

2007-10-26 Thread Simon Cockayne
Hi,

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

Guideline 1. Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual
content
1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via alt,
longdesc, or in element content). *This includes*: images, graphical
representations of text (including symbols), image map regions, animations (
e.g., animated GIFs), applets and programmatic objects, ascii art, frames,
scripts, images used as list bullets, spacers, graphical buttons, sounds
(played with or without user interaction), stand-alone audio files, audio
tracks of video, and video. [Priority 1]


Cheers,

Simon


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Re: [WSG] Alt text for purely aesthetic images

2007-10-26 Thread Dave Woods
Hi Simon,

If you have an image for purely presentational purposes then you can
use a blank alt attribute

alt=

However, if it's purely for presentational purposes then you should
really apply it using CSS as a background image ;o)

Thanks
Dave

http://www.dave-woods.co.uk



On 26/10/2007, Simon Cockayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi,

 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/

 Guideline 1. Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual
 content
 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via alt,
 longdesc, or in element content). This includes: images, graphical
 representations of text (including symbols), image map regions, animations
 (e.g., animated GIFs), applets and programmatic objects, ascii art, frames,
 scripts, images used as list bullets, spacers, graphical buttons, sounds
 (played with or without user interaction), stand-alone audio files, audio
 tracks of video, and video. [Priority 1]


 Cheers,

 Simon

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