A document with a single sentence that contains a purely decorative image inside a link. The alt attribute is empty. Text alternative for purely decorative image: empty <html:code>alt</html:code> attribute Christophe.Strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be en Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 2005-08-25 accepted QA How to specify alternate text

This test case is intended to pass because the alt attribute for the purely decorative image is empty.

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The decorative image has an empty text description.

This test case maps to technique H97: Using null alt text and no title attribute on img elements for images that AT should ignore (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/Overview.html#H67).

The decorative image has an empty text description.

The img element has an empty alt attribute.

The decorative image has an empty text description.

The HTML specification does not define the meaning of an empty alt attribute on an img element.