- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:40:04 -0800
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Martin Kliehm <martin.kliehm@namics.com>, Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Laura Carlson wrote: > On 1/21/10, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: >> >> On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Laura Carlson wrote: >> >>> Hi Martin, >>> >>>> I agree that the current spec draft [3] doesn't make sense and is >>>> restricting the allowed roles too much. I have some ideas, but I >>>> remember that Steve has created a matrix of roles in a Google doc, >>>> didn't he? >>> >>> Yes, I think it is at: >>> >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlVP5_A996c5dG9RSE9GMy1JaVlBQ2dIWDliczJHckE&hl=en >>> >>> Steve, is this the latest? >>> >>>> I can contribute to such a document. >>> >>> That would be great. >>> >>>> The question to me is: is restriction and overriding with "strong native >>>> semantics" the right approach? >>>> Do we need such a table/matrix at all? >>>> Shouldn't we trust that the author knows what he does? >>> [snip] >>>> if we need a restriction, is the HTML5 spec the right place? >>> >>> All good questions for the task force to contemplate and discuss. I >>> have a related question that I will send out shortly. >> >> The Task Force can certainly consider these broader questions, however, I >> will note that they are beyond the scope of this particular issue, which is >> only about roles on the <a> element. It may be easier to deliver a timely >> Change Proposal by focusing on that specific case instead of the big >> picture. > > Maciej is right, Martin. ISSUE-35 the big picture Issue for defining > processing requirements for ARIA states and properties was CLOSED > January 4, 2010. > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/35 > > So that leaves us with just one ARIA issue that is OPEN. It is Issue 85. > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/85 The Task Force is also free to report other problems with the current spec requirements for ARIA. In fact, I think it would be a useful exercise for the Task Force to go through the current matrix in the spec and file bugs where they disagree. Regards, Maciej
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