hi bruce, i would suggest that subheading could also be used on <p> or <div> or even <span> the subheading attribute would expose the role, the role of the element it is on would be overriden by the attribute. regards stevef On 8 April 2011 12:23, Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com> wrote: > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:35:03 +0100, Steve Faulkner < > faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > > hi leif, >> >> i would suggest >> >> a subheading attribute only be allowed on a sibling of a Hx, otherwise its >> ignored. >> >> A @suheading attribute very easily looks like a >>> @does-not-affect-outline attribute. >>> >> >> thats what <hgroup> is, with the subheading you get an explicit semantic >> to >> convey to a11y APIs >> i.e this is a "subheading" of its sibling heading >> >> can anyone provide real world examples where this: >> >> <h2>heading</h2> >> <h2 subheading>subheading<h2> >> >> Would subheading always be an attribute of a Hx? Or could you do > > <header> > <h1>zombo.com</h1> > <p subheading>The only limit is your imagination</p> > </header> > > That is: for a11y mapping, is a subtitle/ subheading a kind of heading or > p/div etc? > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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