From: Tantek Çelik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 11/6/07 12:22 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > The text that follows states that the hyperlink "can require repeating a
> > small
> > piece of information (such as a person's name in an hCard)"
> > If the names in the examples were consistent, they would help to reinforce
> > the
> > stated requirement.
> > The names (ben ward and james levine) should be consistant with each other.
>
> Indeed. In addition, the whole reason the include-pattern was developed was
> to NOT to have to repeat such text in the content of the document.
>
> Thus I've changed it to use the 'title' attribute instead, which is
> simultaneously a less invasive / content-affecting requirement on the
> author, and still available to assistive technologies (same citation in the
> section, Clark, 2007).
>
> http://microformats.org/wiki/include-pattern#accessibility
This is interesting now, because we have an empty anchor that's linking to more
detailed information for the machine's benefit.
<a href="#jl-name" class="include" title="James Levine"></a>
I forsee some issues with this though.
The title appears to be superfluous because there is no text on which the title
can make itself visible, and content providers will have have to deal with
issues relating to hiding the empty anchor elements, as has been expanded on at
http://microformats.org/wiki/include-pattern
Hang on, we've faced this kind of issue before.
The FAQ, "Microformats provide a mechanism for marking up visible content. Any
mechanism for embedding invisible or hidden content risks being considered spam"
The empty anchor really can't be allowed as a design principle. What if the
empty anchor idea is scrapped, so that humans can gain a benefit from this
information too.
If you want to link to the more detailed information, you could use
<a href="#jl-name" class="include">James Levine</a>
Or some kind of notation could be used to indicate that there's more
information available
James Levine <a href="#jl-name" class="include">[more info]</a>
or
James Levine <a href="#jl-name" class="include">[*]</a>
--
Paul Wilkins
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