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Comment #00178 - Add linking attributes to long-desc - z39-96-dsftu-final.pdf

Comment 178
New (Unresolved)
NISO Z39.96-201x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite (Draft Standard for Trial Use) (Revision 0)
Comment Submitted by
Debbie Lapeyre
2011-10-10 09:51:15
The WEB 2 folks (who believe in URIs) request that the long description (element long-desc) NOT contain the actual description but merely a URI pointer to that description. Current library best practice is that the long-desc contain an actual description and not merely a URI.

IT seems to me that JATS should be prepared to handle both a description and a link.
Submitter Proposed Solution
I do not believe that the text of long-desc element should contain the URI, because some screen reading software will read that text to the users, expecting a description.

If the linking attributes were added to the long-desc element, it would be possible to provide the URI as a link instead of or in addition to the textual description content of the element.

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