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Re: Image copyright info - where to add it?

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Nov 15, 2014 11:22AM

Hi Silvia, suggest using this pattern for example:

<figure role="group" aria-label="Figure X (X being a unique identifier if
there are multiple photos in the same doc)">
<img alt="some text">
<figcaption>Man reading a book in the park.
© Senses Studio</figcaption>
</figure>

Through the use of ARIA the visually associated image and caption are
identified and programmatically associated.


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Regards

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

On 15 November 2014 18:00, Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > >