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Re: <Location> tags and ALT attributes

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From: E.J. Zufelt
Date: Aug 3, 2010 7:00AM

This looks like XML data storage to me, not meant to be rendered as it is by the browser, but used by the JS as data for what it is doing.

Just a guess obviously


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On 2010-08-03, at 8:43 AM, J. B-Vincent wrote:

> I recently ran across the following code as part of a Java script that cycles through displaying different pictures:
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> <homeHeading>
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> <location>images/urthere/heading1.jpg</location>
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> <alt>First picture</alt>
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> <linkPath>none</linkPath>
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> </homeHeading>
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> Naturally, using <alt> as a tag rather than an attribute isn't working. However, I'm not finding any information to tell me what would work. Any suggestions?
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> Thanks--
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> Jane Vincent, Center for Accessible Technology
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