ISSUE-45: Consider supporting cite and longdesc attributes in XHTML+RDFa and HTML+RDFa

cite and longdesc support

Consider supporting cite and longdesc attributes in XHTML+RDFa and HTML+RDFa

State:

CLOSED

Product:

RDFa 1.1 in XHTML 1.1

Raised by:

Shane McCarron

Opened on:

2010-08-15

Description:

From Leif Halvard Silli:

@longdesc represents a hyperlink quite identical to anchor element hyperlinks. And thus my approach is further that RDFa therefore should not forget/ignore @longdesc hyperlinks.

I further think that to compare the @longdesc link with the many attributes of e.g. <object> - many of which are also fundamentally links - is not 100 percent fair. Longdesc should have higher priority than most object attributes. Because it is my perception that RDFa is primarily meant to identify, to computers, the
semantics that are available to humans. Whereas many of the attributes of object, video, audio perhaps more should be seen as machine instruction links - the computers and programs that needs access them, are already able to do so.

More background available in the following thread:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdfa-wg/2010Aug/0086.html

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Related emails:

1. Re: PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2010-10-04)
2. Re: PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2010-10-04)
3. Re: PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from shane@aptest.com on 2010-10-03)
4. Re: PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-10-03)
5. Re: PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2010-10-03)
6. Re: PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no on 2010-10-03)
7. PROPOSAL to close ISSUE-45: cite and longdesc support (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-10-03)
8. RDFa WG telecon minutes for 2010-09-23 (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-09-23)
9. Re: Telecon Agenda - September 23th 2010, 1400 UTC (from mark.birbeck@webbackplane.com on 2010-09-23)
10. Re: Telecon Agenda - September 23th 2010, 1400 UTC (from knud.moeller@deri.org on 2010-09-21)
11. Telecon Agenda - September 23th 2010, 1400 UTC (from msporny@digitalbazaar.com on 2010-09-20)
12. ISSUE-45 (cite and longdesc support): Consider supporting cite and longdesc attributes in XHTML+RDFa and HTML+RDFa [RDFa 1.1 in XHTML 1.1] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2010-08-15)

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