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From: Ravi Jain
Date: Feb 18, 2013 12:42AM

Hello friends ,

This is my first mail at Web-Aim.
I will definitely give my intro , but first please clear my small doubt .
We know that as per WCAG 2.0
SC ID 5 2.4.4 (OPERABLE) Link Purpose (In Context) / Check for
meaningful link text we know that }The purpose of each link should
be determined from link text alone or from it's programmatic context.
i.e don't contain only phrases like click here, read more, etc "

In the following example , none of the markups is announcing the "alt" text
can anybody point out , where i am going wrong in the following example
Ex:
<a href="page1.html" label="HS Jacobs - a UAHC camp in Utica,
MS">Henry S. Jacobs Camp</a>
<a href="page2.html" aria-label="HS Jacobs - a UAHC camp in Utica,
MS">Jacobs Camp</a>
<a href="page3.html" alt="HS Jacobs - a UAHC camp in Utica, MS">Henry
S. Jacobs Camp</a>
<a href="page4.html" title="HS Jacobs - a UAHC camp in Utica,
MS">Henry S. Jacobs Camp</a>

None of the above links is announcing alt text .

Please note , I am using Mozilla Firefox 16.0.2 or Internet Explorer
9.0 on Windows 7

Thanks & Regards in Advance

Ravindra Kumar Jain

Accessibility Engineer
Onya Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore (India)
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