- From: Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:05:09 +0900
- To: Antonio Zamora <antonio_zamora@verizon.net>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Antonio Zamora <antonio_zamora@verizon.net>, 2011-08-11 18:45 -0400: > The HTML validator gives the following error for an <area> element which has > no href= > > Validation Output: 1 Error > Error Line 93, Column 23: Element area is missing required attribute > href. The only circumstance in which the validator would emit that message is when the area element also has an alt attribute, in which case the error message is correct, because the spec doesn't allow alt to be specified on area elements unless the href attribute is also specified. http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-map-element.html#attr-area-alt "If the area element has an href attribute, then the area element represents a hyperlink. In this case, the alt attribute must be present... If the area element has no href attribute, then the area represented by the element cannot be selected, and the alt attribute must be omitted." -- Michael[tm] Smith http://people.w3.org/mike/+
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