Re: Mandatory and Important

Hi Leif,

>>> I'm using a *private* gallery online that I put on my server.
>>> I take a *lot* of photos and don't put alt text on them
>>> (because 1. don't need it, 2. I don't have time for it). Does
>>> that mean it becomes impossible for me to use the
>>> tools/services
>> 
>> No it doesn't. Use the tools/services and let them be
>> nonconforming. From an architectural point of view, the
>> structure of an image isn't complete without alternate text so
>> for that reason alone it shouldn't conform. [...]
>
> The /image/ is complete. That's why it needs a textual equivalent.

Thanks for pointing that out better than I did, Leif. I should have specified <img> element.

> The /IMG/ is incomplete without an @alt. But with an emtpy alt="" 
> and/or an empty src="", it is architectural complete.

Exactly.

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson