Re: Request for PFWG WAI review of Omitting alt Attribute for Critical Content

An update for your information:

James Graham has added the following issue and verbiage to the HTML5
Issue Tracker.

> The HTML 5 draft allows images without the alt attribute in certain
> situations. It is unclear what the net accessibility implications of
> this would be. It has also been suggested that the conformance
> requirements here should be dictated by WCAG.
>
> Relevant links:
> http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/IssueAltAttribute
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Feb/0082.html

Source:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson