| Title | Alternative text for image link (thumbnail): correct alt attribute |
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| Description | A document with image link (an image used as a link): the image is a thumbnail for a larger image; this larger image is the destination of the link. The img element has a (correct) alt attribute that conveys the same information as the image and identifies the destination of the link. (Neither the link nor the image have a title attribute.) |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Christophe.Strobbe@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2004-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-08-22 |
| Status | accepted by first validators |
Technologies are markup languages or data formats. If the technology is a markup language, “features” refers to elements and attributes.
XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)
Feature: img
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
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Technical specification: How to specify alternate text .
This test case is intended to pass because the text alternative conveys the same information as the image and identifies the destination of the link.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case passes (line 10, column 167) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#text-equiv-informative.
The image has a text description.
The img element has an alt attribute.
The test case passes the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20050211/#4.1_use-spec-document-backward-compat-violations.
The image has a text description.
The img element has an alt attribute with appropriate alternative text and therefore the img element is valid.