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From: Jukka Korpela
Date: May 9, 2002 11:13PM

Steven Splinter wrote:

> One idea I've used is to put the image in a single-cell
> table, and then use the
> caption within the table cell. Would that meet accessibility?

An interesting idea. I'd say it's rather comparable to the method of using a
two-cell table, logically and accessibility-wise. There's typically some
difference in visual presentation.

I guess the most logical, or least illogical, approach would be to use
something like

<div class="fig">
<img src="..." alt="...">
<div class="caption">Your caption here</div>
</div>

and style sheets to suggest a visual (and, in theory, aural) presentation.
But styling probably doesn't work that well yet.

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Jukka Korpela
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