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<longdescref>

The <longdescref> element supports a reference to a text description of the graphic or object. This element replaces the deprecated @longdescref attribute on <image> and <object> elements.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/longdescref

Example

<longdescref> which references a local DITA description

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

<longdescref> which references an external description

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

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group, @outputclass, and @keyref.

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