[html4all] longdesc and ARIA
Joshue O Connor
joshue.oconnor at cfit.ie
Mon Apr 28 14:38:24 PDT 2008
Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote:
> i believe it is a grevious error to equate LONGDESC with "describedby" in
> a 1 to 1 mapping -- a LONGDESC could itself be a tree view widget or other
> ARIA enabled widget that allows for more than passive interaction with a
> linear description of the image for which the LONGDESC has been defined;
> something especially useful if the image being described is a flow chart
> or another form... LONGDESC simply means "long descriptor" -- what form
> that descriptor takes can no longer be limited to a static page, but must
> take into account -- not to mention take advantage of -- extant
> technologies that provide a richer -- not to mention potentially
> interactive -- user experiences than a linear discription on a static
> HTML/XHTML page...
Very interesting. I like the idea of the descriptor being dynamic and
not limiting /how/ relationships can be defined etc only to static text.
Cheers
Josh
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