SANJIESAN LORE / Accessible world references
Describe a world diagram without repeating every label
A relationship diagram may contain important setting information that a short image label cannot convey. W3C’s complex-image tutorial distinguishes identifying an image from explaining its essential information. For a world reference, start with the relationship the reader needs to understand, then plan text that communicates it without relying on sight alone.
Name the diagram and its boundary
Imagine a diagram of three invented institutions at a particular story date. Identify the subject and time in a concise line. Do not call it simply world diagram when it shows only one city’s current administration. Keep the identification separate from the longer explanation. This helps readers decide whether the image is relevant before working through its detail, and prevents the caption from becoming an unrelated miniature history chapter.
Explain the important relationships in order
Write which institution appoints another, which only exchanges information and where a dispute remains unresolved. Use the project’s defined names and explicit verbs. A line’s colour or position is not enough in the text explanation. You do not need to narrate every decorative curve, but do include a visual feature if it carries an important distinction. Where several relationships repeat, a structured list may be clearer than one dense paragraph.
Check the explanation with the diagram hidden
Hide the diagram and ask whether the text still communicates the relationships needed for the surrounding page. Then restore it and check that names, directions and disputed states agree. This editorial check is not a complete accessibility certification. It is a concrete way to find missing meaning before the reference is laid out or published, and it may also reveal a diagram whose visual complexity exceeds its actual purpose.