Re: [COMPLETED] Re: ACTION 1361 Updates to application and document roles ready for final review

Question - I notice in the list of roles in section 5.4 (machine generated)
it does not indicate which roles are abstract and which are not.  All of
them seem to be included.  ARIA 1.0 DOES show which are abstract.  Should
we try to change the JS so that it indicates this?

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs@igalia.com> wrote:

> https://github.com/w3c/aria/commit/edb65b291
> --joanie
>
> On 11/12/2015 07:27 AM, Matt King wrote:
> > Here is a summary of the changes to the application and document roles
> > for action 1361 that are ready for review in the mck_applicationRole
> > branch[1].
> >
> >
> >
> > Note that these changes to not "invalidate" any prior art with respect
> > to how these roles are used. The new language is primarily intended to
> > prevent unnecessary use of these roles and clarify what assistive
> > technologies should be doing.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. State that application is intended to be used only when a sufficient
> > widget role is not available.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. Add language that helps authors understand it is unnecessary to wrap
> > standard widgets in an application element.
> >
> >
> >
> > 3. Change application elements from landmarks to structures.
> >
> >
> >
> > 4. Remove text that encourages applying application to the root node,
> > but do not add a normative requirement that prohibits using application
> > on the body element or root node.
> >
> >
> >
> > 5. Provide a realistic example that justifies use of the application
> role.
> >
> >
> >
> > 6. State that the document role is only useful when applied to focusable
> > children of widgets or applications, but do not add a normative
> > requirement that documents have a required context of widget or
> application.
> >
> >
> >
> > 7. Remove text that encourages applying document to the root node, but
> > do not add a normative requirement that prohibits using document on the
> > root node.
> >
> >
> >
> > 8. Remove the requirement that a document element have a label.
> >
> >
> >
> > Editorial changes:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. Remove use of the word "application" from the definition of
> application.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. Remove the word "document" from the definition of document.
> >
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/mck_applicationRole/aria/aria.html#application
> >
> >
> >
> > Matt King
> >
>
>
>


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Shane McCarron
Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.