5709a7858d5c197721be66d5218a79124abadb70
lrnassar
  Tue Mar 17 08:46:31 2026 -0700
Adding alt text to images across static documentation pages, CGI headers, markdown docs, and Pandoc templates. Content images receive AI-generated descriptive alt text; decorative images (icons, spacers, toggles) receive alt="" per WCAG best practice. Also adds Image Descriptions section to the accessibility page, and fixes Pandoc Lua writers to output alt attributes. 67 files, covering help docs, news archive, ENCODE pages, portal pages, and session examples. refs #37254

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                     <A NAME="About"></A><FONT SIZE="4"><B>&nbsp; About the UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Site</B></FONT>
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                     <P>
                     Welcome to the UCSC Genome Browser website.
                     This site contains the
                     reference sequence and working draft
                     assemblies for a large collection of genomes. It also
                     provides portals to
                     <A HREF="ENCODE/">ENCODE</A> data at UCSC (2003 to 2012) and to the
                     <A HREF="Neandertal">Neandertal</A> project.
                     You may download or purchase the Genome Browser source code, or the
                     Genome Browser in a Box
                     (<a href="goldenPath/help/gbib.html">GBiB</a>)
                     at our
                     <a href="https://genome-store.ucsc.edu" target="_blank">online store</a>.
                     </P>
 
 <!--#if expr='"$SERVER_NAME" = /hgwdev.*.ucsc.edu/ || "$SERVER_NAME" = /genome-test.*.ucsc.edu/'-->
 <P>
 <B>WARNING: This is a test server.</B>
 Data and tools on this website are under
 construction, have not been reviewed for quality, and are subject to change
 at any time.
 For
 high-quality, reviewed annotations on our production server, visit
 <A HREF="http://genome.ucsc.edu">http://genome.ucsc.edu</A>.</P>
 <!--#endif -->
 
 <!--#if expr='"$SERVER_NAME" = /genome-preview.*.ucsc.edu/' -->
 <P>
 <B>WARNING: This is our preview site.</B>
 This website is a weekly mirror of our internal
 development server for public access.
 Data and tools on this site are under
 Construction, have not been reviewed for quality, and are subject to change
 at any time.  We provide this site for early access, with the warning that it is
 less available and stable than our public site. For
 high-quality, reviewed annotations on our production server, visit
 <A HREF="http://genome.ucsc.edu">http://genome.ucsc.edu</A>.</P>
 <!--#endif -->
 
                     <P>
                     We encourage you to explore these sequences with our tools.
                     The
                     <A HREF="cgi-bin/hgTracks?org=human">Genome
                     Browser</A> zooms and scrolls over chromosomes,
                     showing the work of annotators worldwide. The
                     <A HREF="cgi-bin/hgNear?org=human">Gene
                     Sorter</A>
                     shows expression, homology and other information on groups
                     of genes that can be related in many ways.
                     <A HREF="cgi-bin/hgBlat?org=human">Blat</A>
                     quickly maps your sequence to the genome.  The
                     <A HREF="cgi-bin/hgTables?org=human">Table
                     Browser</A> provides convenient access to the underlying
                     database.
                     <A HREF="cgi-bin/hgVisiGene?org=human">VisiGene</A>
                     lets you browse through a large
                     collection of <em>in situ</em> mouse and frog images to
                     examine expression patterns.
                     <A HREF="cgi-bin/hgGenome?org=human">Genome
                     Graphs</A> allows you to
                     upload and display genome-wide data sets.</P>
                     <P>
                     The UCSC Genome Browser is developed and maintained by the
                     Genome Bioinformatics Group,
                     a cross-departmental team within the <a href="http://genomics.soe.ucsc.edu/"
                     target="_blank">UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute</a>
                     at the University of California Santa Cruz
                     (<A HREF="http://www.ucsc.edu/public/"
                     TARGET=_blank>UCSC</A>).
                     If you have feedback or questions concerning the tools or
                     data on this website, feel free to contact us on our
                     <A HREF="contacts.html">public mailing list</A>.  The
                     Genome Browser is for research use only.  Not intended for
                     clinical use. </P>
 
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                  The Genome Browser project team relies on public funding to support our
                  work. Donations are welcome -- we have many more ideas than our funding
                  supports!  If <em>you</em> have ideas, drop a comment in our
                     <a href="../cgi-bin/hgUserSuggestion">suggestion box</a>.
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