Failure F26 links to the wrong SC?

[spanchang]

From a reading of SC 1.3.3 I gather that it does not relate to images but to instructional text that
refer to other components identifying them by their shape or other
visual attribute.
In my opinion, F26: "Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.3 due to using a graphical symbol alone to convey information" does not seem to have anything to do with 1.3.3. It is a failure of SC 1.1.1 because the symbol has no text alternative.

Thanks,
Sailesh

[patrickhlauke]

Coming in late, but - as this has recently come up in a discussion - I'd agree with Sailesh that F26 feels like a 1.1.1 failure.

[patrickhlauke]

bump... @alastc

[alastc]

It is closely related, but for 1.3.3 should really focus on the instuctions aspect, created #776 to update.

[electronicwoft]

does this mean that a new failure technique for conveying 'instructions for understanding and operating content' that rely on 'sensory characteristics' is required? That is, the intelligibility of icons, symbols, etc.?

[alastc]

Hi @electronicwoft, that's an option. It would be hard to specify (e.g. is the home symbol well enough known? Print? Where do you draw the line?).

There is another potential SC about describing icons, which might help with that.

[electronicwoft]

Hi @alastc ... what about a success criterion that uses a 'prescription of purposes' a la 1.3.5 for which there is a symbol from something like ISO graphical symbols? That is, if something performs A, then it is represented by B. One problem I see with describing icons is the sense often given to 'describe' as 'exhaustively listing the characteristics of' such that what is signified is lost in elucidation thereby being of little utility.