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==Proposal==  | ==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   | 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 that element's <code>title</code> attribute.    | ||
e.g. <nowiki><span class="dtstart ufusetitle" title="2007-08-16">16th August this year</span></nowiki>  | e.g. <nowiki><span class="dtstart ufusetitle" title="2007-08-16">16th August this year</span></nowiki>  | ||
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===Conversion===  | ===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)  | 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==  | ==Class names==  | ||
Revision as of 23:45, 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 that element's 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
- ???