Bugzilla – Bug 544
alt='' is required, more or less... conformance checkers can say so, anyway (credit: sp) (bug: 6494)
Last modified: 2010-11-22 11:54:54 CET
Index: source =================================================================== --- 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>
Waiting to see what ATAG 2.0 says.