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	ALT vs. TYPE confusion at validator.w3.org

botswana-7250

12-16-2006 2:02 AM

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w3c, validator, tidy, html

botswana-7250 says:

It seems to me that the validator has gotten confused between the "alt" attribute and the "type" attribute in this case. I was validating http://www.dhtankinsurance.com/home.htm when I saw this.

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<SPAN class="err_type">Error</SPAN>
        <EM>Line 29 column 23</EM>:
        <SPAN class="msg">required attribute "ALT" not specified</SPAN>.<PRE><CODE class="input">v:shapes="_x0000_s1066"<STRONG title="Position%20where%20error%20was%20detected.">&gt;</STRONG>&lt;/span&gt;&lt;![endif]&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</CODE></PRE>
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      The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used,
      but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document
      types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the
      "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.
    </p> <P>
      Typical values for <CODE>type</CODE> are 
      <CODE>type="text/css"</CODE> for <CODE>&lt;style&gt;</CODE>
      and <CODE>type="text/javascript"</CODE> for <CODE>&lt;script&gt;</CODE>.
    </p> </DIV>
    <P class="helpwanted">
      <A title="Suggest%20improvements%20on%20this%20error%20message%20through%20our%20feedback%20channels" href="http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhtankinsurance.com%2Fhome.htm%3Berrmsg_id=127%23errormsg">✉</A>
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