object elementSee Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria for important information about the usage of these informative techniques and how they relate to the normative WCAG 2.0 success criteria. The Applicability section explains the scope of the technique, and the presence of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0.
Documents that load media with the object element.
This technique relates to:
The objective of this technique is to provide a text alternative for content rendered
using the object element. The body of the object element can be used to provide a
complete text alternative for the object, or may contain additional non-text content with
text alternatives.
Fallback content for the object element is only available to the user when the media loaded by the element is not rendered by the user agent, because the user agent does not support the media technology or the user has instructed the user agent not to render that technology. In these situations, the fallback content will be presented to the user. If the media is rendered without the fallback content, the media needs to be directly accessible. Authors can only rely on this technique to satisfy the success criterion if they are not relying on the direct accessibility of the media's technology in their conformance claim, and reasonably expect users will be able to access the fallback.
Example Code:
<object classid="http://www.example.com/analogclock.py">
<p>Here is some text that describes the object and its operation.</p>
</object>Example Code:
<object classid="http://www.example.com/animatedlogo.py">
<img src="staticlogo.gif" alt="Company Name" />
</object>
Example Code:
<object data="companylogo.gif" type="image/gif">
<p>Company Name</p>
</object>This example takes advantage of the fact the object elements may be nested
to provide for alternative representations of information.
Example Code:
<object classid="java:Press.class" width="500" height="500">
<object data="Pressure.mpeg" type="video/mpeg">
<object data="Pressure.gif" type="image/gif">
As temperature increases, the molecules in the balloon...
</object>
</object>
</object> Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.
Check that the body of each object element contains a text alternative
for the object.
#1 is true.
If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.