<h6 id="a-purely-decorative-image-that-doesn't-add-any-information"><span class=secno>4.8.1.1.7 </span>A purely decorative image that doesn't add any information</h6>
<p>In general, if an image is decorative but isn't especially
page-specific, for example an image that forms part of a site-wide
design scheme, the image should be specified in the site's CSS,
not in the markup of the document.</p>
<p>If an image is decorative but isn't especially page-specific
— for example an image that forms part of a site-wide design
scheme — the image should be specified in the site's CSS, not
in the markup of the document.</p>
<!-- The above paragraph is omitted in the WHATWG copy and replaced
with the explicit requirement below because accessibility is better
served by having authors get all their information from one place,
instead of requiring them to read multiple (contradictory) documents. -->
<p>However, a decorative image that isn't discussed by the
surrounding text but still has some relevance can be included in a page
<h6 id=a-group-of-images-that-form-a-single-larger-picture-with-no-links><span class=secno>4.8.1.1.8 </span>A group of images that form a single larger picture with no links</h6>
<p>When a picture has been sliced into smaller image files that are
the ARIA specifications because of <a href=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0244.html>a
working group decision from March 2011</a>.</li>
<li>The W3C version gives incomplete advice regarding the <code title=attr-img-alt><a href=#attr-img-alt>alt</a></code> attribute and instead references
other documents on the matter because of <a href=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0691.html>a
working group decision from March 2011</a>.</li>
</ul><p>Features that are considered part of the next generation of HTML
beyond HTML5 (and that are therefore not included in the W3C version
of HTML5) currently consist of:</p>
<h6 id="a-purely-decorative-image-that-doesn't-add-any-information"><span class=secno>4.8.1.1.7 </span>A purely decorative image that doesn't add any information</h6>
<p>In general, if an image is decorative but isn't especially
page-specific, for example an image that forms part of a site-wide
design scheme, the image should be specified in the site's CSS,
not in the markup of the document.</p>
<p>If an image is decorative but isn't especially page-specific
— for example an image that forms part of a site-wide design
scheme — the image should be specified in the site's CSS, not
in the markup of the document.</p>
<!-- The above paragraph is omitted in the WHATWG copy and replaced
with the explicit requirement below because accessibility is better
served by having authors get all their information from one place,
instead of requiring them to read multiple (contradictory) documents. -->
<p>However, a decorative image that isn't discussed by the
surrounding text but still has some relevance can be included in a page
<h6 id=a-group-of-images-that-form-a-single-larger-picture-with-no-links><span class=secno>4.8.1.1.8 </span>A group of images that form a single larger picture with no links</h6>
<p>When a picture has been sliced into smaller image files that are
<dd>(Non-normative) <cite><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/">HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives</a></cite>, S. Faulkner. W3C.</dd>
