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Update understanding conformance and technique G73 to remove mention of longdesc (#4365)
The attribute is deprecated, so shouldn't be mentioned/referenced. Closes #4243 --------- Co-authored-by: Mike Gower <mikegower@gmail.com>
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techniques/general/G73.html

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<p>Applies to all technologies</p>
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</section><section id="description"><h2>Description</h2>
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<p>The objective of this technique is to provide a way to link to remote long
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descriptions in technologies that do not have a long description feature
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built directly into them (e.g., longdesc) or where the feature is known to
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not be supported.</p>
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descriptions.</p>
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<p>With this technique, the long description is provided in another location
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than the non-text content. This could be at another location within the same
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URI or at another URI. A link to that long description is provided that is
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when to stop reading and return to the main content. If a "Back" button will
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not take the person back to the point from which they jumped, then a link
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back to the non-text content location is provided.</p>
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<p>This technique was commonly used in HTML before 'longdesc' was added to the
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specification. In HTML it was called a D-Link because it was usually
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implemented by putting a D next to images and using the D as a link to the
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long description. This technique is not technology specific and can be used
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in any technology that supports links.</p>
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</section><section id="examples"><h2>Examples</h2>
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<h3>Bar chart</h3>

understanding/conformance.html

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<p>Sometimes, supplemental information may be available from another page for information
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on a page. The longdesc attribute in HTML is an example. With longdesc, a long description of a graphic might be on a separate page that the user can jump
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to from the page with the graphic. This makes it clear that such content is considered
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part of the web page, so that requirement #2 is satisfied for the combined set of
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web pages considered as a single web page. Alternatives can also be provided on the
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same page. For example creating an equivalent to a user interface control.
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on a page. For instance, a graphic may have a link to a longer description on a separate
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page. Such content is considered part of the web page, so that requirement #2 is satisfied
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for the combined set of web pages considered as a single web page. Alternatives can also
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be provided on the same page. For example creating an equivalent to a user interface control.
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