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==Advantages== | ==Advantages== | ||
*Simple | |||
*Works on any element | *Works on any element | ||
*Usable on CMSs (e.g. MediaWiki) which do not allow use of <code>abbr</code> | *Usable on CMSs (e.g. MediaWiki) which do not allow use of <code>abbr</code> | ||
*Easy to learn | |||
*Ease of authoring | *Ease of authoring | ||
*Easy for parsers to adapt | *Easy for parsers to adapt | ||
Revision as of 23:37, 16 August 2007
Title trigger
An alternative to the abbr-design-pattern, to address that pattern's accessibility issues.
Contributors
- Author: Andy Mabbett
- Original idea: Patrick Lauke
Proposal
Use a class name; say "ufusetitle" (for "microformat, use title") or something equally unlikely to otherwise occur in the wild, on any element, to trigger the use of the title attribute.
e.g. <span class="dtstart ufusetitle" title="2007-08-16">16th August this year</span>
Conversion
All existing and new microformats should use this pattern; abbr-design-pattern should be deprecated, but parsers should still be required to recognise it on legacy pages (perhaps for a period of, say, three years)
Class names
Other potential class names include:
- hsource
- hvalue
- uftitletrigger
- ...
Advantages
- Simple
- Works on any element
- Usable on CMSs (e.g. MediaWiki) which do not allow use of
abbr - Easy to learn
- Ease of authoring
- Easy for parsers to adapt
Disadvantages
- ???