Re: bug Bug 11891 - add role attribute to list of global attributes and add definition for it (part of Issue 199)

Hi Rich

ben wrote:

"Where does the WAI-ARIA spec define valid role tokens, though?"

looks like *XHTML Vocabulary <http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab/> -
defines list of allowable role tokens.*
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*Is that correct?*
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*regards*
*Steve*


On 27 January 2012 18:23, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com
> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger
> <schwer@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> > The role attribute describes the role the current element plays in the
> context of the document. The attribute takes as its value one or more
> space-separated-tokens representing its role(s). The attribute describes
> the role(s) the current element plays in the context of the document. This
> can be used, for example, by applications and assistive technologies to
> determine the purpose of an element. This could allow a user to make
> informed decisions on which actions may be taken on an element and activate
> the selected action in a device independent way. A valid-role-token is
> defined by [WAI-ARIA].
>
> Seems reasonable. Where does the WAI-ARIA spec define valid role tokens,
> though?
>
> For example, how would an HTML conformance checker determine if
> "accordion" is a valid role token?
>
> The spec defines some roles, but also says user agents may extend them
> with new roles and that future specs will define how to use these new
> roles interoperably. It does say that "Content authors MUST NOT use
> abstract roles because they are not implemented in the API binding".
>
> Should HTML conformance checkers:
>
> 1. Allow any token that is not an abstract role defined in WAI-ARIA
> (e.g. allow "accordion" and "checkbox" but forbid "input"?
>
> 2. Reject any token that is an abstract role defined in WAI-ARIA and
> additionally require the token list to begin with a concrete role
> defined in WAI-ARIA (e.g. allow "accordion" and "checkbox" but require
> "checkbox" to come first).
>
> 3. Reject any token that is not a concrete role defined in WAI-ARIA
> (e.g. reject "accordion" and "input" whereever they occur in the token
> list)?
>
> Whichever way, it would probably be best to be explicit.
>
> --
> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
>



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