| Title | Image alt text describes purpose of link |
|---|---|
| Description | A document with a link containing an image. The alternative text of the image describes the purpose of the link. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (evlach@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2006-10-25 |
| 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: a
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification:
The a element
.
Feature: img
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification:
The img element
.
This test case is intended to pass because the image of the a element describes has an alt attribute that describes link's purpose.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case passes (line 11, column 5) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#navigation-mechanisms-link.
The text of the link helps people understand the link target.
This test case maps to technique H30: Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor elements (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/Overview.html#H30).