aria-locrole is short and I think I like it. On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:56 PM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: > On May 7, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Alexander Surkov <surkov.alexander@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > imo rolename is more confusing than roledescription, as I understand > it's supposed to provide human readable string to describe the role. > Alternatively localizedrole might be an option. > > We have so many problems with the US/UK variant spellings of > @aria-labeledby/@aria-labelledby (ARIA uses the one extra "L" like the > British version) that I would prefer to avoid words like > localized/localised which have different spellings. That said, "localized > role" more clearly distinguishes the purpose of this attribute than any > other we've discussed, so to avoid the l18n problem, what if we shortened > the proposed @aria-localizedrole to just @aria-locrole? > > PS. In case screen readers don't pronounce that correctly, @aria-locrole > is "L O C role" pronounced, "loke role." > >
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