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RE: alt tags on many images

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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Mar 4, 2004 7:45AM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: FOX, Jake

> We are currently building a huge news archive which has
> around 1,200 pages.
> Each page has a photographic image (some of which are quite abstract).
> Currently none of these images contain alt tags. It would be
> an enormous
> effort to go through each page individually and assign a
> descriptive alt tag
> to every image - is there a way round this problem?

You are not going to like what I have to say but it probably has to be said.
If these photos actually add content to the page, then they must have alt
text. In fact, (I only recently learned this) alt is a *required* attribute
of the <img> tag and it should have been used right from the outset.

Perhaps you could hire a young web developer from college or a tech school
to get some experience and a short term job to assist you.

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690


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