hixie: Add a backstop requirement for 'alt'. This shouldn't actually change anything, but just in case... (whatwg r4898)

hixie: Add a backstop requirement for 'alt'. This shouldn't actually
change anything, but just in case... (whatwg r4898)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3918&r2=1.3919&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4897&to=4898

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@@ -16838,9 +16838,11 @@
  <p>He would play in the morning, he would play in the evening.</p>
 &lt;/article&gt;</pre>
 
-  </div><h5 id="alt"><span class="secno">4.8.1.1 </span>Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments. </i><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31">ISSUE-31</a> (missing-alt) blocks progress to Last Call</span><p>The requirements for the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code>
-  attribute depend on what the image is intended to represent, as
-  described in the following sections.<h6 id="a-link-or-button-containing-nothing-but-the-image"><span class="secno">4.8.1.1.1 </span>A link or button containing nothing but the image</h6><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><p>When an <a href="#the-a-element">a</a> element that is a <a href="#hyperlink">hyperlink</a>,
+  </div><h5 id="alt"><span class="secno">4.8.1.1 </span>Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments. </i><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31">ISSUE-31</a> (missing-alt) blocks progress to Last Call</span><p>Except where otherwise specified, the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute must be specified and its
+  value must not be empty; the value must be an appropriate
+  replacement for the image. The specific requirements for the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute depend on what the image
+  is intended to represent, as described in the following
+  sections.<h6 id="a-link-or-button-containing-nothing-but-the-image"><span class="secno">4.8.1.1.1 </span>A link or button containing nothing but the image</h6><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><p>When an <a href="#the-a-element">a</a> element that is a <a href="#hyperlink">hyperlink</a>,
   or a <code><a href="#the-button-element">button</a></code> element, has no textual content but
   contains one or more images, the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attributes must contain text that
   together convey the purpose of the link or button.<div class="example">

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