Re: [REVIEW REQUESTED][ARIA] Table roles

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs@igalia.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Sorry for the delay. There is added or changed content in the following
> locations of the 'tables' branch:
>
> 1. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#aria-colcount
> 2. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#aria-rowcount
>

I don't thumb up on these until I understand why they are allowed on
elements other than table-like containers. I guess I missed some discussion
where it was explained so can I have some summary on it please?


> 3. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#caption
>

I don't see a need for it as long as the author can label the table. Do I
miss something?


> 4. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#cell

5. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#columnheader
> 6. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#grid
> 7. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#gridcell
>

Do we need role="gridcell" having role="cell"?


> 8. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#row
> 9. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#rowgroup
> 10. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#rowheader
> 11. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#table
> 12. https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/tables/aria/aria.html#treegrid
>
> I broke the commits into smaller chunks with pretty detailed commit
> messages, so the specifics should be easy to examine using the CLI, GUI,
> or Web tool(s) of your choice for interacting with git.
>
> As usual, my aim was to reflect the consensus of the group. As usual, we
> don't yet have consensus on at least a few things, and I continue to be
> a fallible human. So please review and let me know what you'd like changed.
>
> --joanie
>
>