imo rolename is more confusing than roledescription, as I understand it's supposed to provide human readable string to describe the role. Alternatively localizedrole might be an option. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 1:51 PM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: > On May 4, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Matthew King <mattking@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > Would aria-altrolename work? Suggesting this is an alternative name for > the role? > > Added that suggestion to the issue tracker. > https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/issues/636 > > > Was trying to get away from such a long name for the attribute but also > capture the idea that utilization of this attribute is an alternative that > may be useful to some AT in the same way that alt text is more useful. Also > captures the need for localization because most people realize that alt > text is somethat needs to be localized. > > My judgement is still out on the suggestion. I like it for some reasons, I > don't for others, and I'm not sure I can qualify them all yet. What do > others think? > > >
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