hixie: try to clarify the effect of the ARIA section based on http://www.w3.org/mid/AANLkTikZYUgkd1Ma12mMK6ajo1DB1N9wXXEDcGYr9a0e@mail.gmail.com http://www.w3.org/mid/1300704676.2500.74.camel@shuttle and http://www.w3.org/mid/4D874B52.9060604@intertwingly.net (whatwg r6225)

hixie: try to clarify the effect of the ARIA section based on http://www
.w3.org/mid/AANLkTikZYUgkd1Ma12mMK6ajo1DB1N9wXXEDcGYr9a0e@mail.gmail.com
http://www.w3.org/mid/1300704676.2500.74.camel@shuttle and
http://www.w3.org/mid/4D874B52.9060604@intertwingly.net (whatwg r6225)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4988&r2=1.4989&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6224&to=6225

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   that do not represent the actual state of the document. <a href="#refsARIA">[ARIA]</a><div class="impl">
 
   <p>User agents are required to implement ARIA semantics on all
-  <a href="#html-elements">HTML elements</a>, as defined in the ARIA
-  specifications. The <span>implicit ARIA semantics</span> defined
-  below must be recognized by implementations. <a href="#refsARIAIMPL">[ARIAIMPL]</a></p>
+  <a href="#html-elements">HTML elements</a>, as defined in the ARIA specifications.
+  The <span>implicit ARIA semantics</span> defined below must be
+  recognized by implementations for the purposes of ARIA processing.
+  <a href="#refsARIAIMPL">[ARIAIMPL]</a></p>
 
+  <p class="note">The ARIA attributes defined in the ARIA
+  specifications, and the <span>strong native semantics</span> and
+  <span>default implicit ARIA semantics</span> defined below, do not
+  have any effect on CSS pseudo-class matching, user interface
+  modalities that don't use assistive technologies, or the default
+  actions of user interaction events as described in this
+  specification.</p> 
   </div><p>The following table defines the <span>strong native
   semantics</span> and corresponding <span>default implicit ARIA
   semantics</span> that apply to <a href="#html-elements">HTML elements</a>. Each

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