Today I struck an accessibility problem in an otherwise perfectly clear Word document. Though small, it was a healthy reminder that web content accessibility guidelines, as in WCAG 2.0, apply to everything we write on a computer. Later this week...
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Hyperlink-text, alt-text and the CMS
New web content authors are sometimes mystified about the mechanics of entering link-text and alt-text. Here's a typical letter from a brand new web content author, and my reply. Hello Rachel, I have just been given a website to write...
SFIA, CONTENTED, and sustainable capability IT workforce training
The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA), the world's most popular definition of IT skills, has now been updated to reflect the need for sustainability in information technology. It's not just IT practitioners who need SFIA skills. The skill...
Long text alternative: why describe a graph?
Hi Rachel Just working my way through the basic writing for the web - alt text for images. I quite strongly disagree with your contending that the alt text / or long description should contain a description of the graph...
Adaptable content. WCAG 2.0 for content authors
Guideline 1.3: Adaptable content Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example simpler layout) without losing information or structure. 1.3.1 Info and Relationships: Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined or are available...