`<longdescref>`

A long description reference is a reference to a textual description of a graphic or object. This is typically used to provide an extended description when the graphic or object is too complicated to describe with alternate text.

Content model

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Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: link-relationship attributes, universal attributes, and @keyref.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@format (link-relationship attributes): Specifies the format of the resource that is referenced. See The format attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.
@href (link-relationship attributes): Specifies a reference to a resource. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.
@keyref: Specifies a key name that acts as a redirectable reference based on a key definition within a map. See The keyref attribute for information on using this attribute.
@scope (link-relationship attributes): Specifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the referenced resource. The following values are valid: local, peer, external, and -dita-use-conref-target.
See The scope attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.
@type (link-relationship attributes): Describes the target of a reference. See The type attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.

Examples

This section is non-normative.

This section contains examples of how the <longdescref> element can be used.

Example 1. <longdescref> which references a local DITA description

In the following code sample, the <longdescref> references a detailed image description that is stored in a DITA topic:

<image href="llama.jpg">
  <alt>Llama picture</alt>
  <longdescref href="my-pet-llama.dita"/>
</image>

Example 2. <longdescref> which references an external description

In this code sample, the long description is stored remotely, on a external Web site:

<image href="puffin.jpg">
  <alt>Puffin pigure</alt>
  <longdescref href="http://www.example.org/birds/puffin.html"
               scope="external"
               format="html"/>
</image>