Labeled By Specification Property

Name

http://lynx-json.org/labledBy

Meaning

The labeledBy property of a specification identifies another value that labels the current value.

Format Rules

• The labeledBy property is OPTIONAL. If present, its value MUST be the property name of the value that labels the value being described by the specification.
• The property referenced by the labeledBy property SHOULD be described by a label hint.

Example

{
  "label": "Comments on the Movie",
  "comments": null,
  "spec":{
    "hints": [ "form" ],
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "label",
        "hints": [ "label", "text" ]
      },
      {
        "name": "comments",
        "hints": [ "text" ],
        "input": true,
        "labeledBy": "label"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authoring Rules

None

Authoring Considerations

None

User Agent Rules

• When finding the value identified by the labledBy property, the user agent MUST use the process for finding values.
• If the value referenced by the labeledBy property is not described by a text hint, then the textual value of the label is the text content for the value.

User Agent Considerations

None