Re: Issue-742: Proposal aria-destination

Hi Alex,

On 2015-10-15 11:59 AM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
> How is it different from accessible name?

The values of @aria-destination are a token list.  Accessible names are 
arbitrary strings.

It can be thought of as a sub-role.  For example, the role is still a 
link, but in some cases it's a link to the home page; in others, to a 
glossary entry, and so on.  In that way it's similar to the @rel 
attribute, as has been pointed out in other threads.

> Can I have an example how assistive technology will use it?

It's not clear whether it would be used by an assistive technology. 
That's under discussion.  But, as a data point, the ARIA documents all 
have a glossary, and links to the definitions are scattered throughout.  
Those links are styled differently than other links and it's obvious at 
a glance that they are glossary links (well, obvious to an editor).

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