html5/spec acknowledgements.html,1.881,1.882 editing.html,1.874,1.875 spec.html,1.885,1.886

Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv19819

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	acknowledgements.html editing.html spec.html 
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Cover more possible misuses for hidden=''. Anyone got good suggestions of short examples where hidden='' is useful? All the examples I can think of are huge... (whatwg r4846)

[updated by splitter]


Index: acknowledgements.html
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@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
   Aaron Leventhal,
   Adam Barth,
   Adam de Boor,
-  Adam Hepton
+  Adam Hepton,
   Adam Roben,
   Addison Phillips,
   Adele Peterson,

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@@ -329,7 +329,24 @@
   presentation. For example, it is incorrect to use <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> to hide panels in a tabbed dialog,
   because the tabbed interface is merely a kind of overflow
   presentation &#8212; showing all the form controls in one big page
-  with a scrollbar would be equivalent, and no less correct.</p><p>Elements in a section hidden by the <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> attribute are still active,
+  with a scrollbar would be equivalent, and no less correct. It is
+  similarly incorrect to use this attribute to hide content just from
+  one presentation &#8212; if something is marked <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>, it is hidden from all
+  presentations, including, for instance, screen readers.</p><!-- for example, "<a hidden href=#content>Skip to content</a>" would be inappropriate. --><!-- (but only add that example if you first add some more good valid examples --><p>Elements that are not <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>
+  should not link to or refer to elements that are <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>.</p><div class="example">
+
+   <p>For example, it would be incorrect to use the <code title="attr-hyperlink-href"><a href="interactive-elements.html#attr-hyperlink-href">href</a></code> attribute to link to a
+   section marked with the <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>
+   attribute. If the content is not applicable or relevant, then there
+   is no reason to link to it.</p>
+
+   <p>It would similarly be incorrect to use the ARIA <code title="attr-aria-describedby">aria-describedby</code> attribute to
+   refer to descriptions that are themselves <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code>. Hiding a section means that it
+   is not applicable or relevant to anyone at the current time, so
+   clearly it cannot be a valid description of content the user can
+   interact with.</p>
+
+  </div><p>Elements in a section hidden by the <code title="attr-hidden"><a href="#the-hidden-attribute">hidden</a></code> attribute are still active,
   e.g. scripts and form controls in such sections still execute
   and submit respectively. Only their presentation to the user
   changes.</p><div class="impl">

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    </dl><p>This specification is available in the following formats: 
     <a href="Overview.html">single page HTML</a>,
     <a href="spec.html">multipage HTML</a>.
-This is revision 1.3881.
+This is revision 1.3882.
    </p> 
    <p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright">Copyright</a>
    &#169; 2010 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><abbr title="World Wide

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