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Re: Image copyright info - where to add it?

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From: Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez
Date: Nov 15, 2014 11:00AM

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the prompt response and direct reference. I see, however, that
"authors must not include more than one main element in a document". What
happens if the document has many images? (I am not yet super familiarised
with the new recommendation, so please accept my apologies if I am asking
too many silly questions).

Related to this... In the last version of the doc "HTML5: Techniques for
providing useful text alternatives", it says that the figure and figcaption
elements are not currently accessibility supported by the majority of
browsers. I understand from the same doc that, from now on, the alt
attribute should be only used to label the image somehow. But the truth is
that many of the webs out there probably still use it with the same purpose
as before (as a textual replacement).

I was actually looking for a more practical solution from the point of view
of the end user, i.e., is it meaningful to have that info as part of the
image description? Or, if the link type "license" would not exist (let's
put it that way), would be "natural" for a screen reader user to hear that
kind of info?

Thanks again!

Silvia



On 15 November 2014 17:54, Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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