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From: Karl Groves
Date: Feb 16, 2006 3:00PM





> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Tim Beadle
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:40 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] html version
>
> On 16/02/06, Paul Collins < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Thanks for the comments about the Flash Image library last
> week. We've
> > managed to start building an Accessible Flash version and a html
> > version, both pulling the content from the same XML file.
> All images
> > come with their own description so this will meet the Alt
> tag requirements.
>
> Someone else is bound to mention it if I don't: there's no
> such thing as an 'alt tag' :) There's an alt *attribute* of
> the img tag; no more, no less.

You beat me to it!
Element: i.e. <img />
Attribute: i.e. alt=""
Tag: The element with its attributes

Karl L. Groves
Director of Web Development
User-Centered Design, Inc.
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