Re: Longdesc - broader UA implementation (was: longdesc)

Karl Dubost, Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:56:16 -0400:
> Le 6 avr. 2011 à 19:07, Leif Halvard Silli a écrit :
>> the same way. Given that @cite is part of HTML5, I would hope that big 
>> browser vendors (with the exception of Henri [0]) already *are* also 
>> interesting in implementing @cite support? 
> 
> I created QuoteLink [1], an Opera extension, which also supports [3] 
> cite attribute.
> It can be certainly improved. I didn't find time yet to fix a few 
> bugs and/or UI improvements. (any suggestions [2] are welcome) But 
> this gives you an additional implementation at least.

Cool! (I tried to log into [1], but didn't manage for some reason - 
I'll retry later.)
 
> For what is worth, cite attribute is accepting URIs. http:// links 
> will be fine, but it might be the case where the URI will be a URN. 
> It means it is possible to create URIs such as 
> 
>  <blockquote cite="urn:isbn:978-2-912667-70-0">

I hadn't thought about the URN problem. 

>  </blockquote>
> 
> In my implementation, I made the choice to translate it as a link to 
> the Open Library
> 
>  http://openlibrary.org/isbn/9782912667700

> 
> This is the main difficulty of implementing cite attribute. Probably 
> it would be better to have an option giving the user the chance to 
> associate the urn: with specific services of their choices. 

Yes, I agree.
 
> [1]: https://addons.opera.com/developer/status/quotelink/

> [2]: https://github.com/karlcow/QuoteLink/issues

> [3]: http://www.la-grange.net/2011/01/06/quoteLink

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leif halvard silli

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