Re: Drop longdesc, get aria-describedat?

Leif Halvard Silli, Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:04:16 +0100:
> Janina Sajka, Wed, 7 Mar 2012 16:47:51 +0000:

>>> Question: Is there a chance that "we could do" @aria-describedat *now*? 
>>> I am convinced that the chances for a amicable solution would increase 
>>> greatly if one could move from talk to action with regard to 
>>> @aria-describedat.
>> 
>> You're asking the core question, imho. I wish we could simply say "yes"
>> and be done with it, 
> 
>> Unfortunately, ARIA-DescribedAt doesn't exist anywhere except on our "To
>> Do" list.
> 
> So, the process is the reason we can't say 'use @aria-describedat' ...

What if the HTML WG and/or the A11Y task force started to write a 
specification *only* for @aria-describedAT, as an extension to both 
HTML5 and ARIA.

Or, even better - may be: This specification could define @longdesc as 
an ARIA attribute. By which I mean that instead of @aria-describedAT, 
we could just reuse @longdesc. This way we turn  - I would think - 
@longdesc into a pure A11Y/ARIA attribute.

Note, that one of the options that the Change Proposal process allows 
is precisely to write a separate spec - an extension.
-- 
Leif Halvard Silli

Received on Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:34:21 UTC