- From: Birkir Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson@deque.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:31:48 -0400
- To: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
- Cc: Matthew King <mattking@us.ibm.com>, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>, "W3C WAI Protocols & Formats" <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Shane, could you provide pseudo code to clarify? I am still a bit confused by the question. Are we talking about role or attribute? Would this help? http://www.w3.org/TR/aria-in-html/ (the "implicit semantics" column)? On 3/24/15, Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com> wrote: > And specifically of the value of a field in a table in our specifications. > It is a field in the template for a role, and I am not clear if children of > a role should be inheriting whatever is in that field. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Matthew King <mattking@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> The original question: >> > If there is data in the value for this field for a given role (e.g., >> "select") and another role references that role as a superclass, should >> the >> new "child" role inherit those implicit values automatically? >> Example provided by James Craig: >> > role=alert has an implicit value of "assertive" so the author just >> > needs to write: >> > role="alert" >> > Not: >> > role="alert" aria-live="assertive" >> >> I still do not understand the original question given the example. I >> didn't even realize that there was a concept of value associated with >> ARIA >> roles., e.g., Alert has a value of assertive? Isn't it the live property >> that has the value, not the assertive role? >> >> The original question is asking about the value of a field. >> >> Matt King >> IBM Senior Technical Staff Member >> I/T Chief Accessibility Strategist >> IBM BT/CIO - Global Workforce and Web Process Enablement >> Phone: (503) 578-2329, Tie line: 731-7398 >> mattking@us.ibm.com >> >> >> >> From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> >> To: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats >> <public-pfwg@w3.org>, >> Date: 03/23/2015 10:26 PM >> Subject: Re: Question about "Implicit value for Role" >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> It's about authoring convenience. For example, role=alert has an implicit >> value of "assertive" so the author just needs to write: >> >> role="alert" >> >> Not: >> >> role="alert" aria-live="assertive" >> >> We document the "implicit values for roles," otherwise the default value >> would be the default for the attribute, which is "off" for aria-live. >> >> >> >> On Mar 23, 2015, at 4:40 PM, Shane McCarron <*shane@aptest.com* >> <shane@aptest.com>> wrote: >> >> Actually, no. I don't even know what "Implicit value for Role" means >> really. I can guess, but I would have assumed it was only relevant in a >> host language context. >> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Matthew King <*mattking@us.ibm.com* >> <mattking@us.ibm.com>> wrote: >> Can you provide an example? >> >> Matt King >> IBM Senior Technical Staff Member >> I/T Chief Accessibility Strategist >> IBM BT/CIO - Global Workforce and Web Process Enablement >> Phone: *(503) 578-2329* <%28503%29%20578-2329>, Tie line: 731-7398 >> *mattking@us.ibm.com* <mattking@us.ibm.com> >> >> >> >> From: Shane McCarron <*shane@aptest.com* <shane@aptest.com>> >> To: "W3C WAI Protocols & Formats" <*public-pfwg@w3.org* >> <public-pfwg@w3.org>>, >> Date: 03/22/2015 05:24 PM >> Subject: Question about "Implicit value for Role" >> Sent by: *ahby@aptest.com* <ahby@aptest.com> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> If there is data in the value for this field for a given role (e.g., >> "select") and another role references that role as a superclass, should >> the >> new "child" role inherit those implicit values automatically? >> >> -- >> Shane McCarron >> Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Shane McCarron >> Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc. >> >> > > > -- > Shane McCarron > Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc. >
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