[html5] r1004 - /

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Author: ianh
Date: 2007-08-14 17:15:30 -0700 (Tue, 14 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 1004

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[] (1) Mention the possibility to omit alt='' attributes in HTML e-mail. Remove an old editorial comment.

Modified: index
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--- index	2007-08-14 20:40:03 UTC (rev 1003)
+++ index	2007-08-15 00:15:30 UTC (rev 1004)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
    <h1 id=html-5>HTML 5</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=working>Working Draft — 14 August 2007</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=working>Working Draft — 15 August 2007</h2>
 
    <p>You can take part in this work. <a
     href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list">Join the working group's
@@ -12272,8 +12272,21 @@
      automobile voice Web browser, or simply because they are blind), this
      technique should only be used when no alternative text is available and
      none can be made available, e.g. on automated image gallery sites.</p>
+
+   <dt>An image in an e-mail or document intended for a specific person who
+    is known to be able to view images
+
+   <dd>
+    <p>When an image is included in a communication (such as an HTML e-mail)
+     aimed at someone who is known to be able to view images, the <code
+     title=attr-img-alt><a href="#alt">alt</a></code> attribute may be
+     omitted. However, even in such cases it is stongly recommended that
+     alternative text be included (as appropriate according to the kind of
+     image involved, as described in the above entries), so that the e-mail
+     is still usable should the user use a mail client that does not support
+     images, or should the e-mail be forwarded on to other users whose
+     abilities might not include easily seeing images.</p>
   </dl>
-  <!-- XXX see also http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/alt.html -->
 
   <p class=big-issue>There has been some suggestion that the <code
    title="">longdesc</code> attribute from HTML4, or some other mechanism

Modified: source
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--- source	2007-08-14 20:40:03 UTC (rev 1003)
+++ source	2007-08-15 00:15:30 UTC (rev 1004)
@@ -10292,11 +10292,27 @@
    </dd>
 
 
+   <dt>An image in an e-mail or document intended for a specific person who is known to be able to view images</dt>
+
+   <dd>
+
+    <p>When an image is included in a communication (such as an HTML
+    e-mail) aimed at someone who is known to be able to view images,
+    the <code title="attr-img-alt">alt</code> attribute may be
+    omitted. However, even in such cases it is stongly recommended
+    that alternative text be included (as appropriate according to the
+    kind of image involved, as described in the above entries), so
+    that the e-mail is still usable should the user use a mail client
+    that does not support images, or should the e-mail be forwarded on
+    to other users whose abilities might not include easily seeing
+    images.</p>
+
+   </dd>
+
+
   </dl>
 
-  <!-- XXX see also http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/alt.html -->
 
-
   <p class="big-issue">There has been some suggestion that the <code
   title="">longdesc</code> attribute from HTML4, or some other
   mechanism that is more powerful than <code title="">alt=""</code>,