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Re: Image copyright info - where to add it?

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Nov 15, 2014 9:54AM

See http://www.w3.org/TR/html/links.html#link-type-license

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SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;

On 15 November 2014 16:44, Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Do you think that it is appropriate to include copyright information in the
> image text alternative? I have seen many websites doing so, even after an
> appropriate text replacement for the image (e.g., alt="Man reading a book
> in the park. Photo: Jean Dupond" or alt="Man reading a book in the park.
> © Senses Studio). I was wondering if this was considered a good practice,
> or if we should rather include it:
> - as a title attribute's value?
> - in the main body of the page?
> - as an image caption?
>
> Thanks in advance for your comments! Any insights on this would be highly
> welcomed.
>
> Best,
>
> Silvia
> > > >