[Bug 26059] Please list longdesc in the table of HTML5 attributes and link to its spec

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26059

--- Comment #4 from Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Robin Berjon from comment #3)
> (In reply to Laura Carlson from comment #2)
> > Where in the HTML5 spec would you consider it more appropriate to let people
> > know that we have a longdesc HTML5 attribute? Right now it is missing.
> > Listing it somewhere more appropriate in the HTML5 spec would be fine with
> > me.
> 
> My point is that there is no reason for it, or any other extension, to be
> listed in the HTML specification. The point is to move towards greater
> orthogonality and to be more nimble, more web-friendly, and less towards
> centralisation of power on a single specification.

Hi Robin,

Your phopspphy would seem to make sense if that phopspphy was:

1. Actively promoted by the HTML WG and HTML5. Is it? 

2. Applied evenly thoughout HTML5. However, HTML5 promotes and links to other
specs. For example:

<quote>
"Authors may use the ARIA role and aria-* attributes on HTML elements, in
accordance with the requirements described in the ARIA specifications"
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/dom.html#wai-aria

Authors are encouraged to make use of the following documents for guidance on
using ARIA in HTML beyond that which is provided in this section:
Using WAI-ARIA in HTML
http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria-in-html/master/index.html

WAI-ARIA 1.0 Authoring Practices
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-practices/"
<unquote>

It seems to me that linking to the longdesc spec from HTML5 would help to
alleviate centralization of power on the single HTML5 specification.

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Received on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 16:15:55 UTC