Re: Updating roleInfo.js

Yes, I should do this. I just updated roleinfo.js manually. I filed 
https://github.com/w3c/aria-common/issues/31 to automate that. I'll try 
to remember to update periodically until it's automated in the meantime. 
Michael

On 29/04/2019 1:02 p.m., James Nurthen wrote:
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> I was not previously aware of this.
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> Michael – can you take care of updating roleInfo in aria-common 
> periodically?
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> ###How ARIA Extension Specs are Built
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> An extension spec is one that defines additional roles, states, and / 
> or properties that augment
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> the collection defined in the core ARIA specification 
> (aria/aria.html).  Extension specs must be
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> built in conjunction with the W3C ARIA WG if any new roles are to be 
> in the default vocabulary space
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> (http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab).
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> When building an extension spec, use the boiler plate provided in 
> aria/template.html as a basis.
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> Note that this template uses the aria/script/ariaChild.js script.  
> That script knows how to incorporate
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> information from the core ARIA specification into the extension spec 
> so that new roles, states, and properties
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> are well integrated into the overall ARIA taxonomy.
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> The ariaChild.js script relies upon an input script 
> (aria/script/roleInfo.js).  As of today, that file is not 
> automatically generated.
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> If you want to ensure the file is up to date, access the core ARIA 
> spec with the special query string "#saveRoles"
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> from a browser on a client that has write access to the copy of the 
> extension spec you are editing. When the dialog appears, click
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> the save button and tell your browser to save the roleInfo.js file 
> into the aria/script directory.
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> The scripts to support extension modules are stored in the aria-common 
> repository. Therefore, updates to roleInfo.js must be saved and 
> committed to that repository, even though they are generated from 
> content in this repository.
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