(Bcc to the aria feedback, in case they wish to make a determination for host languages in general.) Is it conforming to use a role not currently defined in aria? For example, aria does not define role="icon", so using it for my own purposes is not currently barred by the aria spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/#host_general_role). I could easily imagine role="icon" being created later -- at which point my document would become non-conforming. (Well, unless my own use was fortuitously equivalent.) I would expect aria to coordinate with other w3c groups before adding values, but I would not expect them to coordinate with private usage. (Of course, an "aria-role" attribute would avoid this problem, by using aria's own pseudo-namespace.) -jJReceived on Wednesday, 23 September 2009 17:48:33 GMT
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