Section 508 Review

Section 508 (f)

(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.

• 9.1.1 - No IMG element should contain the 'ismap' attribute.
• 9.1.2 - No INPUT element should contain the 'ismap' attribute.

Similar Standards

• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
  1.1.1 Non-text Content
  
  
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0)
  9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. [Priority 1]
  
  13.1 Clearly identify the target of each link. [Priority 2]

Example:

Consider the image map below

Original/Actual Image Map:

State by State Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Information

Example:

Consider the image map below

Perceived Image Map:

State by State Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Information

So is it possible to get Budget Information for California now?

A person using assistive technology may or may not be able to access the map.

Example:

Consider the image map below

Improved Image Map:

State by State Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Information

State by State Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Information

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri

Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania

Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

- Section 508(f) errors while 'WAVING' your page

After WAVING your webpage the following errors are related to Section 508f

Icon	Title	Description	Recommended Actions
	ERROR: Image map missing alternative text	Alternative text is not present for an image that has hotspots.	Ensure the alternative text for the main image map image is appropriate. The alternative text is typically empty (alt=""), unless the image conveys content not conveyed in the hotspots. Ensure that the linearized reading/navigation order and alternative text of each hot spot is correct.
	ERROR: Image map area missing alternative text	Alternative text is not present for an image map area (hotspot).	Supply alternative text that describes the function of the image map area (hotspot). Ensure that the linearized reading and navigation order of each hot spot is correct.