Please review June 28 working draft of ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1

The ARIA working group Authoring Practices task force is working toward
releasing a W3C Note at the same time ARIA 1.1 becomes a recommendation.
This note will provide an authoritative reference on appropriate use of ARIA
1.1 with functional reference implementations of all widget roles and
related states and properties.

 

The task force is seeking broad review of the June 28, 2017 working draft of
the ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1 note, published at:

https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/WD-wai-aria-practices-1.1-20170628/

 

The June 28 draft contains:

.        Eight new or completely reworked design patterns and examples,
e.g., modal dialog, disclosure and feed.

.       Fixes and enhancements that incorporate feedback for 17 patterns and
examples, e.g., accordion, grid, menubar, menu button, and tree.

.       Plus many other improvements.

 

The complete change history for this version of the note is at:

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/#change_log_2017_june

 

Your input is important. Many of the changes in this draft are based on
valuable community feedback.

 

Please provide feedback via GitHub issues. Draft sections and example pages
have a link to a feedback issue. You can also raise a new issue at:

https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues/new

 

The task force milestone plan is at:

https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/milestones?state=open

The scope of work is at:

https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/wiki/Scope

And, all open issues can be viewed at:

https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues

 

If you are interested in contributing, please comment in the appropriate
issue or send a note to Mat King at a11yThinker@gmail.com.

 

Many thanks to everyone who is contributing to this progress toward common
understanding of the wide variety of issues that go into making ARIA work
effectively for everyone. This common understanding is essential to
realizing the full potential of ARIA to make the web a joy to use,
regardless of individual abilities.

 

Matt King