| Title | Long description for complex image: image inside object; longdesc on image refers to section below object |
|---|---|
| Description | A document with an image that represents a map of the Mediterranean in 180 AD.
The document contains an object element that embeds the map in GIF format; inside the object element is an img element that embeds the same map in JPEG format.
The img element has an alt attribute, a title attribute and a longdesc attribute.
The alt attribute identifies the image but the image is too complex to be described in an attribute.
The longdesc attribute refers to a section inside the same page that identifies the image and conveys the same information. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Christophe.Strobbe@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-08-30 |
| Status | validated |
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: object
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification:
General Inclusion: The object element
.
Feature: img
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: How to specify alternate text .
Feature: img
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: The longdesc attribute .
This test case is intended to pass because the alt attribute provides a short description and
the longdesc attribute points to a section (below the image) that contains an appropriate text alternative.
The test is for the longdesc attribute rather than the alt attribute.
Strictly speaking, this should work, but poor support for longdesc and the object element in some browsers may cause problems.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case passes (line 12, column 60) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#text-equiv-all.
The test case passes (line 12, column 223) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#text-equiv-all.
The image has a short text description as well as a long one. User testing provided the following results: users of screenreaders with Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox had no problems accessing the long description of the map.
The img element has an alt attribute and a longdesc attribute.
(Internet Explorer does not support object and is supposed to display the fallback image, but refuses.)
The test case passes (line 12, column 60) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#text-equiv-all.
The test case passes (line 12, column 223) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#text-equiv-all.
The image has a short text description as well as a long one. User testing provided the following results: users of screenreaders with Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox had no problems accessing the long description of the map.
The img element has an alt attribute and a longdesc attribute.
(Internet Explorer does not support object and is supposed to display the fallback image, but refuses.)
The test case passes (line 12, column 60) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#text-equiv-informative.
The test case passes (line 12, column 223) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#text-equiv-informative.
The image has a short text description as well as a long one.
The img element has an alt attribute and a longdesc attribute.
(Internet Explorer does not support object and is supposed to display the fallback image, but refuses.)
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.