Jane
You may be looking for this
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/help/papers/writing-web/
David
David Dawson
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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nick Poole
Sent: 15 February 2005 09:40
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Subject: (Fwd) Re: how to write good alt-tag descriptions?
Jane,
I don't know the specific guidance from the PN site to which you refer, but there are a couple of useful resources on this:
The W3C WAI guidelines on the ALT and LONGDESC tags are a good place to start:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#image-text-equivalent
The RNIB provide some really sensible guidance on ALT-tag content at:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/pu
blic_alttext. hcsp
Finally, there is an excellent article on writing ALT content as well as an in-depth look at the ALT attribute and other HTML4 attributes for providing descriptive content:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/feature/art3.htm
Hope this helps!
Nick Poole
Director
MDA
On 14 Feb 2005 at 16:56, Sarre, Jane wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I seem to recall a page of advice about how to write good alt-tag
> descriptions on the old People's Network site. But, this has all
> changed and I can't find it anymore. Do any of you know where it is
> now - or know of any other good pages of advice about this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jane
>
>
> Jane Sarre
> Access & Learning Officer
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MDA
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Cambridge
CB2 2PD
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Website: http://www.mda.org.uk
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