Re: [html4all] New issue: IMG section of HTML5 draft contradicts WCAG 1 & WCAG 2 (draft)

Philip TAYLOR wrote:
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> Henri Sivonen wrote:
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>> Saying that the program should emit alt='' would lose information  
>> about lack of data vs. marking the image as decorative.)
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> Why could the program not emit something along the lines of
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>     'alt="<no ALT text available>"'
 > ...

How is that better than not having a value at all?

BR, Julian