> The alt tag should contain a description of the image.  If you were
> viewing your page without images, what would you want the tag to say
> to replace it?  If your image can't be so described then it is
> decoration and should be brought in via CSS, not your html.

<img> elements can be used for decorative images, but in this case authors 
should use "alt" with no value (i.e., alt="").

There is a "tutorial" from Jim Thatcher on how to use the "alt" attribute:
http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse2.htm


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Regards,
Thierry
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