Re: [office-accessibility] Q: Alternative text for drawing objects

[Chieko Asakawa <CHIE@jp.ibm.com>]

Malte,

> Sorry, but I can't remember...
>
> Why did we introduce <svg:title> in addition to <draw:name>?
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> Thanks,
> Malte.
>
> PS: I probably can't attend tomorrow, or maybe only the seconds half.,
> sorry.
>
>

I will attach the previous mail related to this topic.
"draw:name" is used for other purposes as mentioned below, we decided to
add "svg:title".

I will send more information if necessary.

Best regards,
Chieko


----- Forwarded by Chieko Asakawa/Japan/IBM on 2006/11/30 21:19 -----

Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com> wrote on 2006/04/27 07:05:30:

> The TC members we polled felt that the use of name was already
> defined and its reuse would be inappropriate so we are back to using
> <svg:title> as you and Hiro had originally suggested.
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> So, I am submitting the revised proposal for team review tomorrow.
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> Cheers,
> Rich
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> Rich Schwerdtfeger
> Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
> Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board
> blog: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=441
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> I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.",
Frost
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> Hi Rich,
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> > draw:equation is a parameter for custom shapes. So we do not do need
> > to address this to my knowledge.
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> Yes, correct. Instead, we will need to describe that draw:name for
> draw:equation is not used for alt text.
> It is because "3.0 General wording to be added" in the proposal defines
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> "draw:name" attribute for <draw:param> is not for alt text.
> So, it might be nice to describe it for the following elements
explicitly.
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> 1. names for pointing positions in polygon objects
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> draw:name for draw:equation is used as a variable in a equation for
> pointing a position in a custom shape.
> This draw:name should not be treated as a alternative text.
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> 2. draw:names for styles
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> draw:name for these
> draw:gradient
> svg:linearGradient
> svg:radialGradient
> draw:hatch
> draw:fill-image
> draw:marker
> draw:stroke-dash
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> draw:name for these elements is used to label styles, and these names are
> referred by other style definitions.
> This draw:name should not be treated as an alternative text.
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> Chieko Asakawa, Ph.D.
> Accessibility Research
> Tokyo Research Laboratory, IBM Research
> E-mail: chie@jp.ibm.com
> Tel: +81-46(215)4633     Fax: +81-46(274)4282
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> Text boxes are xForms text boxes and have all the accessibility
information
> we need (names, help text, relationships for labels). So no requirements
> are needed for the TC.
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> draw:equation is a parameter for custom shapes. So we do not do need to
> address this to my knowledge.
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> Rich Schwerdtfeger
> Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
> Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review Board
> blog: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=441
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> "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
> I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.",
> Frost
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