| Title | Alternative text for images: correct alt attribute |
|---|---|
| Description | A document with an img element that displays a cat. The img element has an alt attribute that identifes the image and conveys the same information as the image (“A black and white cat named Harrison”). |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Christophe.Strobbe@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-05-10 |
| Status | accepted QA |
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 it presents an appropriate text alternative conveying the same information as the image.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case passes (line 9, column 60) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#text-equiv-all.
The image has a text description.
The img element has an alt attribute.
The test case passes (line 9, column 60) 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.