[html5] r4898 - [e] (0) Add a backstop requirement for 'alt'. This shouldn't actually change any [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2010-03-29 18:23:44 -0700 (Mon, 29 Mar 2010)
New Revision: 4898

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[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

Modified: complete.html
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--- complete.html	2010-03-29 21:51:52 UTC (rev 4897)
+++ complete.html	2010-03-30 01:23:44 UTC (rev 4898)
@@ -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 — 29 March 2010</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard — 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>
    <!--<p class="impl"><strong>Implementors!</strong> We have a <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#implementors">mailing list</a> for you too!</p>-->
@@ -19648,9 +19648,11 @@
 
   <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>

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2010-03-29 21:51:52 UTC (rev 4897)
+++ index	2010-03-30 01:23:44 UTC (rev 4898)
@@ -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 — 29 March 2010</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard — 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>
    <!--<p class="impl"><strong>Implementors!</strong> We have a <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#implementors">mailing list</a> for you too!</p>-->
@@ -19546,9 +19546,11 @@
 
   <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>

Modified: source
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--- source	2010-03-29 21:51:52 UTC (rev 4897)
+++ source	2010-03-30 01:23:44 UTC (rev 4898)
@@ -20868,9 +20868,13 @@
 
   <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>