Re: Proposal: remove aria-describedat from the ARIA 1.1 specification

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 6:10 PM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org> wrote:

> I also support Rich in encouraging implementation of details/summary.

And for the record: I do too ... as much as figure/figcaption, or any
other markup container that is capable of carrying adequate semantics
via @role, etc. and compatible with usage of a Media Query to
determine its hidden/displayed state.

Where I disagree is in the use of iframes to embed long descriptions
(ancillary files) directly within the primary reading flow.
Rationale detailed here:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-digipub-ig/2015Nov/0033.html
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-digipub-ig/2015Nov/0055.html

Regards,
Daniel

Received on Tuesday, 10 November 2015 18:35:42 UTC