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Image types identified

Supplemental requirement

The image types are indicated.

Except when

  • An image is a link or a part of a link.
  • An image is a button or a part of a button.
  • An image is purely decorative (such as an icon used alongside text, or a thumbnail image within a link).

Tests

Procedure

For each image:

  1. Check if the image is not a link, a button, any other interactive element nor purely decorative.
  2. Check that the image type is described by the text alternative.

Expected results

Key Terms

image type

To be defined.

purely decorative

non-text content that serves only an aesthetic purpose, provides no information, and has no functionality, such that it can be ignored by assistive technology without any loss of meaning or context