Re: **off list** Would the arai describedby property be a suitable replacement for or improvement on @longdesc? from Anne van Kesteren on 2008-02-18 (public-html@w3.org from February 2008)

From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:39:10 +0100
To: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
Cc: "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>, "James Graham" <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <op.t6qo3kxi64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com>

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:28:43 +0100, Joshue O Connor  
<joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote:
> Thanks for those comments. It does look like @longdesc could certainly
> be replaced by using the describedby property. I do like the idea of a
> multipurpose property that can be applied in many ways, easy to under
> stand, author and hopefully support :-)

That's what they said about <object> too.


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Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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