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Bug 21236 - IDL attribute doesn't "reflect"
Summary: IDL attribute doesn't "reflect"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML Image Description Extension (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P1 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Charles McCathieNevile
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-proposals...
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Reported: 2013-03-09 20:58 UTC by Charles McCathieNevile
Modified: 2013-05-01 10:14 UTC (History)
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Description Charles McCathieNevile 2013-03-09 20:58:21 UTC 
Anne Van Kesteren pointed out in twitter that the idea of reflecting a content attribute is defined in HTML, and doesn't happen by default.

I think the fix is to add a line saying the attribute reflects the value of the longdesc attribute, with a link to what reflecting is in the HTML spec. Probably a good idea to add a pointer in a glossary section too.
Comment 1 Charles McCathieNevile 2013-03-22 02:17:26 UTC 
Hopefully fixed in https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-proposals/raw-file/753af00ced01/longdesc1/longdesc.html
Comment 2 Charles McCathieNevile 2013-05-01 10:14:31 UTC 
fixed in editor's drafts, agreed in TF meeting