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Bug 544 - alt='' is required, more or less... conformance checkers can say so, anyway (credit: sp) (bug: 6494)
alt='' is required, more or less... conformance checkers can say so, anyway (...
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Product: Validator.nu
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 schema
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All All
: P2 normal
Assigned To: Henri Sivonen
http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps/source?...
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Reported: 2009-05-27 14:27 CEST by Henri Sivonen
Modified: 2010-11-22 11:54 CET (History)
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Description Henri Sivonen 2009-05-27 14:27:18 CEST
Index: source
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--- source	(revision 2950)
+++ source	(revision 2951)
@@ -18876,7 +18876,7 @@
    </dd>
 
 
-   <dt>Images whose contents are not known</dt>
+   <dt id="unknown-images">Images whose contents are not known</dt>
 
    <dd>
 
@@ -19116,6 +19116,19 @@
 
   </diV>
 
+  <div class="impl">
+
+  <h6>Guidance for conformance checkers</h6>
+
+  <p>Conformance checkers must report the lack of an <code
+  title="attr-img-alt">alt</code> attribute as an error unless the
+  conditions listed above for <a href="#unknown-images">images whose
+  contents are not known</a> or they have been configured to assume
+  that the document is an e-mail or document intended for a specific
+  person who is known to be able to view images.</p>
+
+  </div>
+
 
 
   <h4>The <dfn><code>iframe</code></dfn> element</h4>
Comment 1 Henri Sivonen 2009-05-27 14:38:39 CEST
Waiting to see what ATAG 2.0 says.