> Alastair Campbell

> Does the HTML working group have to take into account 
> accessibility guidelines?
> 
> What I mean is, does it have to make alt mandatory because WCAG (any
> version) does?

I don't think HTML5 is expected to be rolled out until 5 years or so. In that 
sense, WCAG 1 would probably not apply anymore, and because of WCAG 2's tech 
agnostic approach in the normative document it wouldn't be a problem (it would 
only require a new techniques document for HTML5).

P
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Patrick H. Lauke
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