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Bug 26629 - may be worth mentioning changes in alt /img requirement
Summary: may be worth mentioning changes in alt /img requirement
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 differences from HTML4 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Simon Pieters
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2014-08-21 14:36 UTC by steve faulkner
Modified: 2014-08-22 09:05 UTC (History)
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Description steve faulkner 2014-08-21 14:36:49 UTC 
In HTML 4 alt was required on all img elements, in html5 it is not required when The img element is in a figure element that satisfies certain conditions

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/embedded-content-0.html#guidance-for-conformance-checkers