WAI-ARIA 1.2, Core-AAM 1.2, and ARIA Practices 1.2 First Public Working Drafts

The Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group has published 
First Public Working Drafts of:

  * Accessible Rich Internet Applications 1.2 -
    https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/
  * Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.2 -
    https://www.w3.org/TR/core-aam-1.2/
  * WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.2 -
    https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.2/

ARIA 1.2 continues development of the technology after ARIA 1.1 was 
completed in December 2017. This version focuses primarily on providing 
roles to match features of HTML, which is needed by technologies such as 
Web Components and Accessible Object Model. Core-AAM 1.2 provides 
accessibility API mappings for these new roles, and ARIA Practices 1.2 
describes recommended authoring patterns for these new roles. More 
information about plans for development of these documents is in the 
blog post:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2018/07/aria-1.2-fpwd/

Regards,
Joanmarie Diggs, ARIA WG Chair,
James Nurthen, ARIA WG Chair,
Michael Cooper, ARIA WG W3C Staff Contact