Seeking Comments on Requiring the alt Attribute in HTML5

Should the alt attribute be required for the img element in HTML5? Why
or why not? Gez Lemon is conducting a survey/taking comments for a W3C
WAI position paper. He wants to be sure to consider all sides of the
debate and is interested in hearing opinions.

If you are a twitter user and would like to respond please use the
hashtag #althtml5 .
http://twitter.com/gezlemon/status/1139666244
Realtime comments:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=althtml5

You can also comment on his blog:
http://juicystudio.com/article/requiring-alt-attribute-html5.php

Background info on this issue:
http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/IssueAltAttribute

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson