[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63895: Accessibility: Alt Text Metadata is not imported but Description is

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#63895: Accessibility: Alt Text Metadata is not imported but Description is
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 Reporter:  jhmonroe      |       Owner:  sajjad67
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  accessibility, administration
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * owner:  (none) => sajjad67
 * status:  new => assigned


Comment:

 To assess the risk of this, we're going to review how the alt text
 metadata fields are used by major image creation and sourcing services.
 The major risk in adding this is if image creators or sharing services are
 mis-using the metadata field, e.g., adding branding or other meaningless
 non-content into the field. If that is the case, then importing that data
 would make automated detection of missing alternative text considerably
 harder. Right now, with the default being empty, it's very easy to find
 which images need alternative text. If a lot of images import bad
 information, then that becomes difficult.

 @sajjad67 is going to go through the major image editors and sources and
 see if there's anything they do that would be a point of concern, so that
 we can go into this with good information about the possible consequences.

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