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Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-area-element Comment: it should explicitly say alt="" MUST NOT be blank unless it MAY be left blank Posted from: 220.210.139.122
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Checked in as WHATWG revision r4898. Check-in comment: Add a backstop requirement for 'alt'. This shouldn't actually change anything, but just in case... http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4897&to=4898