Re: xhtml role attribute module's relationship to wai aria?

Hi Justin,

As far as I know, yes it originated from the WAI-ARIA work but it is 
defined more generically in this document. The role attribute can be 
used to add role semantics to the markup, for example to declare that 
the <UL> contains a "navigation". This document defines several such 
generic roles (as listed in section 4), and WAI-ARIA defines additional 
ones that are more relevant to accessibility. The role attribute is the 
XHTML hook to embed WAI-ARIA or any other role taxonomy.

Regards,
   Shadi


Justin Thorp wrote:
> I saw that there was a WD published of the  XHTML Role Attribute Module [1].  Is this related at all to WAI ARIA? Did this come from the work of WAI ARIA?
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> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-role/
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>>>> Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> 10/10/2007 11:19 PM >>>
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> EOWG participants,
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> Our currently active work items are:
> * HTML/CSS version of WCAG 2.0 presentation
> * WAI-ARIA Overview edits
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> At this time, neither of these are ready for additional EOWG review. They might be ready on Thursday. For this week's teleconference, I'll send either an agenda or a cancellation notice on Thursday.
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> Reminder: EOWG meeting schedule and planned topics are at: http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/#meetings 
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> Regards,
> ~Shawn
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> Shawn Lawton Henry
> W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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> phone: +1.617.395.7664
> about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ 
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