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8.1 Image Alt & Caption Scoring

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Alt-Text Quality — Descriptiveness, Relevance & Accuracy

IDCheckPasses whenWeightRuns
8.1.01Validate every image has alt textPresentCriticalDeterministic
8.1.02Validate alt text accurately describes visible contentAccurateHeavyDeterministic
8.1.03Validate alt text includes essential contextual detailsContextualHeavyDeterministic
8.1.04Detect keyword stuffing in alt textNoneHeavyDeterministic
8.1.05Validate alt text not overly longConciseMediumDeterministic
8.1.06Validate alt text avoids vague terms (“image of…”)AvoidedMediumDeterministic
8.1.07Validate alt text describes function for functional imagesDescribes functionMediumDeterministic
8.1.08Detect outdated or mismatched alt descriptionsNoneMediumDeterministic
8.1.09Validate icons/logos have accurate semantic alt tagsAccurateMediumDeterministic
8.1.10Compute Alt-Text Quality ScoreFinalizedCriticalDeterministic

Semantic Alignment — NLP Signals, Topic Matching & Key Entity Coverage

IDCheckPasses whenWeightRuns
8.1.11Validate alt text aligns with surrounding textAlignedHeavyDeterministic
8.1.12Validate alt text reinforces page topicReinforcingHeavyDeterministic
8.1.13Validate alt text includes relevant entitiesIncludedHeavyDeterministic
8.1.14Detect alt text that contradicts page contextNoneMediumDeterministic
8.1.15Validate alt text uses industry vocabulary correctlyCorrectMediumDeterministic
8.1.16Validate alt text improves AI comprehensionImprovedMediumDeterministic
8.1.17Detect hallucination-risk phrases in alt textNoneMediumDeterministic
8.1.18Validate semantic clustering consistencyConsistentMediumDeterministic
8.1.19Validate alt text aids entity extractionHelpfulMediumDeterministic
8.1.20Compute Semantic Alignment ScoreFinalizedHeavyDeterministic

Caption Quality — Narrative, Depth & Multimodal Signaling

IDCheckPasses whenWeightRuns
8.1.21Validate captions present where neededPresentHeavyDeterministic
8.1.22Validate captions add narrative or explanatory valueValuableHeavyDeterministic
8.1.23Validate captions support multimodal indexingSupportiveMediumDeterministic
8.1.24Detect mismatched captionsNoneMediumDeterministic
8.1.25Validate captions enhance topic clarityEnhancedMediumDeterministic
8.1.26Validate captions free of keyword stuffingCleanMediumDeterministic
8.1.27Validate captions structured for AI summarizationStructuredMediumDeterministic
8.1.28Validate captions improve UX comprehensionImprovedMediumDeterministic
8.1.29Detect caption duplication across imagesNoneMediumDeterministic
8.1.30Compute Image Caption Quality ScoreFinalizedCriticalDeterministic

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