- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:49:21 +0200
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:24:15 +0200, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage at gmail.com> wrote: >>> + <tr> >>> + <td><code>html</code> element >>> + <td><code title="attr-aria-role-document">document</code> role >>> + <td>Role must be either <code >>> title="attr-aria-role-document">document</code> or <code >>> title="attr-aria-role-application">application</code> >> >> This should say "the body element" instead. >> >> >> Root WAI-ARIA node >> >> the <body> or <frameset> in HTML, or the document element in all >> other languages. >> >> http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-implementation/#glossary > > This does not appear to be correct, though, as AT-significant elements > may appear in the <head>. For example, <title> may participate (if > made visible and given role=heading), and <link> elements similarly > have a role=link automatically. I think making elements in <head> visible and give them specific roles is not something authors would do, nor do I see any use case for doing so. However, making the ARIA root always be the document element seems simpler to implement and specify, so maybe the ARIA spec could be changed here? -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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