Agree 100%. Authors SHOULD include only 1 banner per page. Author SHOULD is a strong statement, which seems appropriate here. At the same time, author SHOULD does not mean author MUST, which keeps the spec out of the undesirable place of legislating design. Matt From: Steve Faulkner [mailto:faulkner.steve@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 7:10 AM To: Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk> Cc: ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org> Subject: Re: Exposing multiple banner roles On 9 February 2016 at 12:12, Léonie Watson <tink@tink.uk <mailto:tink@tink.uk> > wrote: The topic of discussion on the APG call yesterday, was whether we should allow multiple instances of role="banner" within a document [1] It is allowed currently no? It is a SHOULD[1] requirement to use only 1 SHOULD This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course. [1] https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt We should optimise clear advice for the common once per page situation, as we know that there is an inverse relationship between number of landmarks and their utility (as reported by users). -- Regards SteveF Current Standards Work @W3C <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
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