RE: Proposal: ARIA-ROLE & CSS definition integration

Oliver -

Since ARIA is not part of the HTML spec (it is a separate spec), I would
imagine that ARIA (and therefore, the accessibility that comes with it) is
optional, just like CSS. There might be a hidden rider in the HTML 5 draft
that I have not noticed. Overall, the only mandatory accessibility item (and
its status as mandatory is still being debated) is @alt, to the best of my
knowledge.

J.Ja

-----Original Message-----
From: Olivier GENDRIN [mailto:olivier.gendrin@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:43 AM
To: Justin James
Cc: public-html@w3.org
Subject: Re: Proposal: ARIA-ROLE & CSS definition integration

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>
> I have another proposal idea for the group. From what I can tell, the
> aria-role (or aria:role, depending upon the outcome of the giant
> colon/hyphen debate) attribute is for tags only. I propose that it be
> possible to define the aria-/:role in CSS. For example:
>
> div.checkbox {aria-role: checkbox;}
> <div class="checkbox">Blah blah blah</div>
>
> The div would be treated as if @aria-role="checkbox" had been specified.
>
> Comments?

I will never have guessed that ARIA is presentational only. CSS is
optional, is it the same for accessibility ?

-- 
Olivier G.
http://www.lespacedunmatin.info/blog/

Received on Wednesday, 4 June 2008 17:28:06 UTC