Re: ARIA mapping status

hi Benjamin,

>As we are very likely to want to update API mapping advice for HTML5 as
implementing platforms and available AT change, and as presenting
information inline >is clearer for readers, it would be best to use a Note.

I think thats reasonable.

There are many elements which currently have no default role specified or
'no role' specified as a strong semantic. It appears that currently for the
'no role' strong semantic, User Agents must not map them to a role in an
accessibility API, if I am incorrect in this assumption then I would be
happier with what's in the spec

regards
stevef

On 9 September 2010 16:23, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <
bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 9 Sep 2010, at 15:50, Steven Faulkner wrote:
> > One of  the factors that lead me to file the bug was the mandating of
> default roles that I disagree with, and also the incomplete implementaion
> advice that the ARIA role mapping provides
>
> Providing additional informative guidance would not change conformance
> requirements ("mandating of default roles").
>
> > what is so problematic with providing detailed html element to
> accessibility API mapping advice in the HTML5 spec anyway?
>
> Perhaps a W3C staff member will correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect a
> W3C Note would allow inline updates whereas we can only add errata to a
> Recommendation. As we are very likely to want to update API mapping advice
> for HTML5 as implementing platforms and available AT change, and as
> presenting information inline is clearer for readers, it would be best to
> use a Note.
>
> I believe this is why WAI guidelines typically use Recommendations for
> platform-independent standards (WCAG, ATAG, UAAG, ARIA) and Notes for
> implementation advice (e.g. WCAG Techniques, ARIA Implementor's Guide).
>
> --
> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis




-- 
with regards

Steve Faulkner
Technical Director - TPG Europe
Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium

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