Re: Role and Access attribute modules and namespaces

Does not address Henri's third suggestion:

<henri>
I'm curious why a third way isn't mentioned:
3) Non-Namespaced Attributes for both role and states/properties with
the latter prefixed with "aria-" (and no qNames in content but opaque
strings):
<svg
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <g role="checkbox" aria-checked="true">...</g>
</svg>

Pros:
 * Matches what has recently been proposed for (X)HTML5 and XUL.
Good both for implementation and author skill portability.
 * Fewer namespaces to deal with (i.e. easier).
 * Copy-paste-friendly.
 * DOM-friendly. (qNames in content are *bad* in the DOM.)
 * Not a chameleon namespace per se. The attributes would be in no
namespace in XHTML5, SVG and XUL.
 * Semantics and processing can still be imported by normative
reference from wherever they get defined for HTML5. No need to spec
all this in the SVG spec.

Cons:
 * Not what the WAI PFWG draft currently says.
 * Unorthodox in terms of XML architecture.
</henri>

Thoughts?

Rich


Rich Schwerdtfeger
Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review  Board
blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/schwer


                                                                           
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On 16 Oct, Shane McCarron wrote:

> So, I propose that we say this:  Elements and Attributes declared in
> the XHTML namespace exist in that namespace, and nowhere else.

  This makes sense to me. It's also good to have it said explicitly.

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