Matthew Turvey, Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:56:33 +0000: > On 14 February 2012 19:24, Paul Cotton wrote: > Please find below an updated change proposal, to allow ARIA attributes > to reference hidden elements, for ISSUE-204: > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/DeprecateLongdesc I take the liberty to offer some comments: * Looking at the URL of the CP: Please note that you have full opportunity, in the Wiki, to move to a more relevant page address - DeprecateLongdesc is just weird. * Looking at the text: Please note that you have submitted a CP relating to @hidden and not to @longdesc. Hence it is weird to find text snippets like this: ]] The aria-describedby attribute designed by WAI has several advantages over the longdesc attribute. The first one is that it is much more generic than longdesc [[ We also find a section on 'Reasons for deprecating longdesc' ... As the CP notes, the chairs has split the issue ... But the entire CP appears as a CP for another issue. -- Leif Halvard SilliReceived on Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:51:14 UTC
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