HGROUP revisited

The HTML5 editor has provided some clarification [1] on how he thinks
hgroup should be implemented in relation to accessibility roles and
properties:

for example:
this

<hgroup>
 <h1>The reality dysfunction</h1>
 <h2>Space is not the only void</h2>
</hgroup>

is to be conveyed as via accessibility APIs:

<h1>
<p>The reality dysfunction</p>
<p>Space is not the only void</p>
</h1>



The above directly contradicts he following statement in the HTML5
specification, as there is no differentiation between heading and
subheading:

"Other elements of heading content in the hgroup element indicate
subheadings or subtitles." [2]


[1] http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Change_Proposal_for_ISSUE-129#Bug_10592:_Request_regarding_the_ARIA_role_of_heading_elements_inside_HGROUP_elements
[2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-hgroup-element


-- 
with regards

Steve Faulkner
Technical Director - TPG

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