[Bug 17629] img elements with role="presentation" and without alt="" fail validation

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17629

--- Comment #3 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> 2012-06-28 11:25:45 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Hi Steve,
> 
> Thanks! Is W3C currently accept suggestions for such cases? If so, I would like
> to make a suggestion to add one more conforming instance where an img element
> can be without an alt attribute if the img's ARIA role is "presentation"
> (role="presentation").
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian

Hi Ian, 

The idea has been dicusssed previously and rejected as the conformance
requirements hor HTML5 should not be based on external specifications. 
You can of course refloat the idea

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Received on Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:25:51 UTC