- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:22:43 -0700
- To: "frederick.hirsch@nokia.com" <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com>
- Cc: "spec-prod@w3.org Prod" <spec-prod@w3.org>, shane@aptest.com
Yes, this is a recent change in ReSpec to support accessibility. Use an HTML5 validator, or an HTML4+ARIA validator. On Apr 12, 2013, at 1:47 PM, Shane McCarron <ahby@aptest.com> wrote: > FWIW as far as I am concerned that is a legal aria role value. See http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab/ for those values. If the validator is not permitting those, I would consider it a bug in the validator. > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:42 PM, <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com> wrote: >> In using div or p with class note I observe that respec output is not valid. I'm not sure why that output is being created in the first place, but maybe there is a reason. >> >> if in ReSpec source I create a note thus (Overview.src.html): >> >> <p class="note"> >> The IETF PKIX WG "ESSCertIDv2 update for RFC 3161" >> should be consulted when referencing >> RFC 3161 [[RFC3161-PKIX-UPDATE-9]]. >> </p> >> >> in the output (Overview.html) I get something like this >> >> <div class="note"><div class="note-title" role="heading" aria-level="5"><span>Note</span></div><p class=""> >> The IETF PKIX WG "ESSCertIDv2 update for RFC 3161" >> should be consulted when referencing >> RFC 3161 [<cite><a class="bibref" href="#bib-RFC3161-PKIX-UPDATE-9">RFC3161-PKIX-UPDATE-9</a></cite>]. >> </p></div> >> >> This causes a validation error >> >> Validation Output: 1 Error >> >> • >> <error.png> >> Line 1572, Column 82: Bad value heading for attribute role on element div. >> …="note-title" role="heading" aria-level="5"><span>Note</span></div><p class=""> >> >> Wouldn't it be better just to not create all the extra stuff *and just keep it >> >> <div class="note"> >> content >> </div> >> >> I did not notice this behavior earlier so maybe this is the result of a recent change? >> >> * extra stuff: <div class="note-title" role="heading" aria-level="5"><span>Note</span></div><p class=""> >> >> thanks >> >> regards, Frederick >> >> Frederick Hirsch >> Nokia >>
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