Re: ARIA role restrictictions in HTML5

Thanks to Jonathon.

The ARIA role restrictions on a few HTML5 elements were incorrect, this has
now been fixed in:http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-implicit-aria-semantics

on the larger question of what restrictions should be in place, I suggest
people file a bug [1] against the HTML specification raising any issues.
Note you need to set up an account for the W3C bugzilla to file bugs, but
this is a simple process.


[1]
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/enter_bug.cgi?product=HTML%20WG&component=HTML5%20spec&priority=P3

with regards

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On 20 March 2013 14:25, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> wrote:

> I was looking at the latest draft version of the HTML5 specification and
> noticed in the implicit aria semantics table it indicates that only a
> limited set of ARIA roles can be used with certain elements such as the
> anchor element to conform to the HTML5 specification.  Specifically you
> could not use a role of button, radio button, etc. on anchor elements.
> This seems problematic but makes good semantic sense.  One advantage of
> using anchors with hrefs for diverse ARIA roles is there is some
> progressive enhancement support.
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> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-implicit-aria-semantics
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