CR Transition Request for XHTML Role Attribute Module

Tim, Steve, (And Ralph and Philippe)

This is a CR transition request for:

	XHTML Role Attribute Module
	A module to support role classification of elements

Current Draft at
	http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2009/CR-xhtml-role-20090311/

         1. Document title, URIs, estimated publication date
		XHTML Role Attribute Module
		A module to support role classification of elements
		http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-role
                 As soon as permission has been granted

         2. Document Abstracts and Status sections
                 (Below)

         3. Record of the decision to request the transition
		  [ http://www.w3.org/2008/10/23-xhtml-minutes.html#item04 ]

         4. Report of important changes to the document
		Mostly clarifications about the use of CURIEs
		See http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2009/CR-xhtml-role-20090311/xhtml-role-diff

         5. Evidence that the document satisfies group's requirements
		This has not changed since last call.

         6. Evidence that dependencies with other groups were met (or not)
		This work was done in collaboration with the WAI groups. The fact that
	        they are developing large-scale work in WAI ARIA based on the  
role module
                 is evidence of the dependencies being met.

         7. Evidence that the document has received wide review
                 Please see the last call disposition of comments.
		http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/xhtml-role-lc2-doc-20081018.html

         8. Evidence that issues have been formally addressed
                 Please see the Disposition of Comments document above.

         9. Objections
                 None.

         10. Implementation information
		This will follow during CR; however, see
	        http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria for a large-scale use of the  
module.

         11. Patent disclosures
                 None disclosed.

         12. Abstract and Status sections
                 Below

Steven Pemberton and Roland Merrick
For the XHTML2 WG

Abstract

The XHTML Role Attribute defined in this specification allows the author  
to annotate XML Languages with machine-extractable semantic information  
about the purpose of an element. Use cases include accessibility, device  
adaptation, server-side processing, and complex data description. This  
attribute can be integrated into any markup language based upon XHTML  
Modularization [XHTMLMOD].

Status of This Document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its  
publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of  
current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report  
can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

This document is a Candidate Recommendation of the XHTML Role module. It  
is based upon comments received during the last call period, and also upon  
work done in the definition of [XHTML2]. It is considered mature and  
stable by the working group. A record of how the comments from the last  
call period were addressed is available at  
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/xhtml-role-lc2-doc-20081018.html . An  
implementation report is available at  
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/xhtml-role-impl-report.html. The working  
group invites comments on this draft through 28 February 2009. Comments  
should be addressed to www-html-editor@w3.org. All comments sent to that  
address are available in a (public archive). The working group intends to  
submit this document for consideration as a W3C Proposed Recommendation  
after 28 February 2009 having met the following criteria:
At least two markup languages incorporate the attribute defined by this  
module.
At least two interoperable implementations support one or more of those  
languages.
All issues raised during the CR period against this document have received  
formal responses.

Publication as a Candidate Recommendation does not imply endorsement by  
the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced  
or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite  
this document as other than work in progress.

This document has been produced by the W3C XHTML 2 Working Group as part  
of the HTML Activity. The goals of the XHTML 2 Working Group are discussed  
in the XHTML 2 Working Group charter.

This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004  
W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures  
made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also  
includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has  
actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains  
Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with  
section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.

Please report errors in this specification to www-html-editor@w3.org  
(archive). It is inappropriate to send discussion email to this address.  
Public discussion may take place on www-html@w3.org

Received on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 15:14:37 UTC