[e] (0) Add a backstop requirement for 'alt'. This shouldn't actually…

… change anything, but just in case... Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9161 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@4898 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Mar 30, 2010 · 6bcb6e2 · 6bcb6e2
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@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG src=/images/logo></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1>Web Applications 1.0</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard &mdash; 29 March 2010</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard &mdash; 30 March 2010</h2>
    </hgroup><p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
    <p><strong>Web designers!</strong> We have a <a href=http://blog.whatwg.org/faq/>FAQ</a>, a <a href=http://forums.whatwg.org/>forum</a>, and a <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#help>help mailing list</a> for you!</p>
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@@ -19648,9 +19648,11 @@ <h4 id=the-img-element><span class=secno>4.8.1 </span>The <dfn><code>img</code><
 
   <h5 id=alt><span class=secno>4.8.1.1 </span>Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5>
 
-  <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.</p>
+  <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.</p>
 
 
   <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>

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@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG src=/images/logo></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1>HTML5 (including next generation additions still in development)</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard &mdash; 29 March 2010</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard &mdash; 30 March 2010</h2>
    </hgroup><p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
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@@ -19546,9 +19546,11 @@ the time Marco had stuck his tongue out...&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
 
   <h5 id=alt><span class=secno>4.8.1.1 </span>Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5>
 
-  <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.</p>
+  <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.</p>
 
 
   <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>

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@@ -20868,9 +20868,13 @@ the time Marco had stuck his tongue out...&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <h5 id="alt">Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5>
 
-  <p>The requirements for the <code title="attr-img-alt">alt</code>
-  attribute depend on what the image is intended to represent, as
-  described in the following sections.</p>
+  <p>Except where otherwise specified, the <code
+  title="attr-img-alt">alt</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">alt</code> attribute depend on what the image
+  is intended to represent, as described in the following
+  sections.</p>
 
 
   <h6>A link or button containing nothing but the image</h6>