6.2.1 Individual objects

An object can be a product in a online merchant web site, a course of a community college web site, a professor of a university web site. In general, an object is just an item that is individual and represents a particular person, thing, concept or item.

Instead of coding a link in HTML using the <a> or <img> tags, use a more general representation. The following is just a informal list of attributes that an item may possess:

• Name/title: a short name to identify the object. Use a name that is easy to remember and pronounce. You may want to make this name unique to the web site.
• Text description. This is a text description that should be easy to display and be read by a screen reader.
• Image link. This is an image, or a series of images related to the object. Images optimized for different resolutions may be indexed for optimal display for monitors of different sizes.
• Audio link. This is an audio file that describes the object.
• Unique ID. This is an ID that identifies the object. The ID should be relatively easy for a disabled person to remember. This ID permits a CGI script to reference the object from different presentations.