- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:38:24 +0100
- To: unagi69@concentric.net
- Cc: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, HTML4All <list@html4all.org>
Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > i believe it is a grevious error to equate LONGDESC with "describedby" in > a 1 to 1 mapping -- a LONGDESC could itself be a tree view widget or other > ARIA enabled widget that allows for more than passive interaction with a > linear description of the image for which the LONGDESC has been defined; > something especially useful if the image being described is a flow chart > or another form... LONGDESC simply means "long descriptor" -- what form > that descriptor takes can no longer be limited to a static page, but must > take into account -- not to mention take advantage of -- extant > technologies that provide a richer -- not to mention potentially > interactive -- user experiences than a linear discription on a static > HTML/XHTML page... Very interesting. I like the idea of the descriptor being dynamic and not limiting /how/ relationships can be defined etc only to static text. Cheers Josh
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