fo:basic-link elements generate links with default alt text

[Richard Cohen via fop-dev <fo...@xmlgraphics.apache.org>]

Hi,

When we generate PDFs with PDF/UA-1 enabled (as specified in the fop.xconf file), <fo:basic-link> elements generate <link> tags in the PDF with alt text automatically set to "No alternate text specified." This causes 508 compliance issues since screen readers read this alt text instead of the specified link text. We're wondering why <fo:basic-link> elements are treated this way since there should be no need for alternate text if the link text is sufficiently descriptive. We can work around this by specifying the desired link text in the fox:alt-text attribute of the <fo:basic-link> element, but it was our understanding that the fox:alt-text attribute was intended for non-text elements such as images.

Thanks,

Rich Cohen
Technical Writer III, Availity Learning
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