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Re: somewhat silly question on alt tags.

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Sep 5, 2015 3:31PM

Hi Nancy,

Have a look at the advice on alt text in the HTML5 specification, it may be
helpful

http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/embedded-content-0.html#alt

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Regards

SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 5 September 2015 at 21:32, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm curious for adding an alt if the image's purpose is to help focus
> the visual user and:
> - there is no link or button
> -does NOT convey any important information
> -nor it is a repetitive image
>
> Should this be an empty alt or should there be a description?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy
> > > > >