- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 08:20:13 -0500
- To: dd@w3.org, nir dagan <dagan@upf.es>, ij@w3.org, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
What is the advantages of using "rel=dlink" over "class=dlink" for providing a mechanism for UAs to identify a D-Link ? Jon At 11:10 AM 6/3/1998 +0200, Daniel Dardailler wrote: > >> longdesc is the modern D-link, look no further. >> Its only disadvantage is that it is not supported yet, >> but so is rel="description". > >The support for rel (or class) and longdesc go together, it's not >about replacing one with the other. > >rel=description, or class=description, are meant to provide UA a way >to formally identify a dlink as such, so that when both a longdesc and >a dlink A are provided by the author, the UA can get rid of one of >them. > > > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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