- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:01:25 +0200
- To: martin@weborganics.co.uk
- Cc: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>, Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>, public-rdfa-wg@w3.org
Martin McEvoy, Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:50:27 +0100: > Hello Lief, > > On 15/08/2010 12:17, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > >> .... The micro format I presented initially - roughly this: >> <a href="http://example.com/l.htm" rel="longdesc"> >> <img src="img" alt="text" /> >> </a> >> >> leads to the triple: >> http://example.com/doc<longdesc> <http://example.com/l.htm> .... > > You know you would find it a lot easier to define a longdesc rel > patter if you first proposed it as an actual microformat[1], you > would find it a lot easier then to convince people that longdesc is > desirable because you would have examples, a use case and a format to > persuade people with. That's a good idea. I may do that. > @longdesc isnt much thought about by the web as a whole (hence why > the longdesc attribute was recently removed in HTML5[2]) It was long ago removed. Recently, it was _not added_. I know all about that: http://www.malform.no/messages/appeal-issue-30.html > so its > difficult for people to get a grip of why the value may be useful, Im > not saying @longdesc isn't but use cases and examples *should* come > first before you can begin a technical discussion about format, It > gives people a solid Idea of what you are proposing and how it may be > implemented. Again - a good tip. It could happen. > Best wishes ;) > > [1] > http://microformats.org/wiki/process#So_you_wanna_develop_a_new_microformat.3F > [2] > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html -- leif halvard silli
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