[Bug 21894] Do not define @longdesc as a hyperlink. Instead, define it as a link analogous to @cite.

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21894

steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
I don't see the issue with the current spec, 

the spec [1] says:

"The longdesc attribute must contain a valid non-empty URL potentially
surrounded by spaces. The URL is a hyperlink to a description of the image"

the linked definition of hyperlink says

"These are links to other resources that are generally exposed to the user by
the user agent so that the user can cause the user agent to navigate to those
resources, e.g. to visit them in a browser or download them."

which is what I would expect and hope user agents do with the URL contained in
the longdesc attribute.

[1]
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-proposals/raw-file/tip/longdesc1/longdesc.html#longdesc

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