On Jun 9, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Pat Hayes wrote: > At 2:26 PM -0400 6/9/08, Al Gilman wrote: >> [radically reducing distribution; please feel free to copy to >> anyone who >> needs a copy] > > [I put it back on the public lists as I think its important to try > to converge on terminology.] >> >> On 9 Jun 2008, at 11:16 AM, Pat Hayes wrote: >>> >>> Can anyone briefly explain what is meant by "ARIA <em>semantics</ >>> em>" (my emphasis), >> >> "This object has the focus," "this option is selected," etc. >> >> See, for example >> http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-primer/#new_provisions > > OK, thanks. Just for the record, that isn't the way that the word is > used in Semantic Web discussions. I used the term loosely to refer to semantics (little 's') like roles (main, navigation, combobox, slider, etc.), states, (busy, invalid, disabled, etc.), and properties (controls, activedescendent, valuemax, etc.). James
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