Weekly github digest (Weekly ARIA WG Github activity)

Issues
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* w3c/aria (+2/-6/💬7)
  2 issues created:
  - Walkalinone1 (by Usmanslabiu)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2723 
  - Note User Agent and AT Filtering of ariaNotify notifications. (by janewman)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2721 [editorial] [ARIA 1.3] 

  5 issues received 7 new comments:
  - #2710 Should :target-current pseudo class also imply aria-current=true on an active scroll marker? (2 by css-meeting-bot, davidsgrogan)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2710 [Agenda] 
  - #2709 Consider adding an attribute for table-cell formulas (1 by jnurthen)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2709 [Agenda] 
  - #2663 Expose implicit ARIA semantics (browser-defaults and ElementInternals) (2 by benbeaudry)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2663 
  - #2514 Add "living recommendation" prose to start of all AAM documents (1 by daniel-montalvo)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2514 [editorial] [Agenda-Editors] 
  - #2242 [Monorepo] Netlify to replace pr-review (1 by daniel-montalvo)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2242 [editorial] 

  6 issues closed:
  - Walkalinone1 https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2723 
  - [Monorepo] Netlify to replace pr-review https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2242 [editorial] 
  - Update marquee, timer, aria-live=off to match the currently reality supported by all major browsers and screen readers https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2674 
  - Synonym for `aria-live="off"` that is less confusing to authors https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2664 
  - Should the default value of aria-live be undefined instead of off? https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2653 
  - `marquee` and `timer` listed as live region roles but have intrinsic `aria-live="off"` https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/2144 [help-wanted] [good medium issue] [aria-live] 

* w3c/html-aam (+2/-0/💬0)
  2 issues created:
  - Chore: element/attr tables should link to naming section (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/597 
  - Embed element missing from name calculation section (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/596 



Pull requests
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* w3c/aria (+3/-0/💬31)
  3 pull requests submitted:
  - 2720  (by keithamus)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2720 
  - 2719  (by daniel-montalvo)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2719 
  - 2718  (by daniel-montalvo)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2718 

  18 pull requests received 31 new comments:
  - #2720 [html-aam] Set heading level based on HTML computed heading level (2 by github-actions, netlify)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2720 [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2719 Add html-aam to preview script (2 by github-actions, netlify)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2719 
  - #2718 Editorial: Pdf aam mappings table import (3 by daniel-montalvo, github-actions, netlify)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2718 [spec:pdf-aam] 
  - #2706 Clarify that a whitespace-only `alt` attribute should be considered as the empty string (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2706 [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2690 Update accessibility guidelines for tab and tabpanel (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2690 [spec:aria] 
  - #2682 core aam roles known entries (1 by spectranaut)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2682 [spec:core-aam] 
  - #2677 updating aria-live=off to match the aligned implementations. (4 by joanmarie, patrickhlauke, spectranaut)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2677 [spec:core-aam] [spec:aria] 
  - #2650 Add namefrom: heading. (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2650 [spec:aria] [spec:html-aam] [spec:accname] 
  - #2628 Editorial: [html-aam] Add <abbr title="..."> platform a11y API mappings (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2628 [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2599 Add transparent generic definition and update accessibility parent and child defs (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2599 [spec:aria] [needs ACT review] 
  - #2598 [html-aam] Set heading level based on HTML computed heading level (1 by keithamus)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2598 [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2577 Add ariaNotify (7 by css-meeting-bot, janewman, jcsteh, spectranaut)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2577 [ARIA 1.3] [spec:core-aam] [spec:aria] 
  - #2543 Editorial: Add <header> (sectionheader) and <footer> (sectionfooter) html-aam mappings (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2543 [editorial] [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2416 Allow comboboxes to invoke menus (1 by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2416 [spec:aria] 
  - #2365 Update: option element mapping table (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2365 [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2292 Address title attribute and name prohibited elements (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2292 [spec:aria] [spec:html-aam] 
  - #2290 Relax `aria-valuenow` requirement on `slider` role (1 by netlify)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2290 [ARIA 1.3] [spec:aria] [needs ACT review] 
  - #2245 Add heading and separator roles to feed's allowed accessibility children (1 by github-actions)
    https://github.com/w3c/aria/pull/2245 [spec:aria] [needs ACT review] 


Repositories tracked by this digest:
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* https://github.com/w3c/aria
* https://github.com/w3c/core-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/html-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/accname
* https://github.com/w3c/dpub-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/dpub-aria
* https://github.com/w3c/mathml-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/html-aria
* https://github.com/w3c/svg-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/graphics-aria


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Received on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 17:01:09 UTC