- From: T.V Raman <raman@google.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:17:56 -0700
- To: oedipus@hicom.net
- Cc: wai-xtech@w3.org
Also, labeling the searchbox as a search-field is not a substitute for role=search --- or vice-versa --- role=search for instance might be used to provide a nav key that moves you through the various search tools on a page. Gregory J. Rosmaita writes: > > aloha! > > in the case of multiple search functions in a document instance, > one would use the "lebelledby" ARIA property to distinguish > "search form 1" from "search form 2" and so on, so that the user has > a choice of available search interfaces: > > * "Search Mozilla Accessibility space:" > * "Keyword Search for dev-accessibility mailing list archive" > > etc. -- the generic roles defined in the XHTML Role Module and > reused in ARIA are just that -- generic -- it is up to the author > to correctly label each and every instance of a repeat role, just > as it is the author's responsibility to label each and every item > assigned a role (and, in ultra-good-practice, those that aren't) > > as for repeated search functions with IDENTICAL purposes, the user > should have the option of suppressing multiple instances of > > role="search" labelledby="foo" > > or having them each listed in a list of roles or a list of > targetroles -- the important thing is labelling, and consistent > labelling of identical items with identical labels (such as the > case in which an identical search interface appears at the top > of the document's order as well as at the end... > > gregory. > ------------------------------------------------------- > lex parsimoniae: > * entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. > ------------------------------------------------------- > the law of succinctness: > * entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity. > ------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ > ------------------------------------------------------- > -- Best Regards, --raman Title: Research Scientist Email: raman@google.com WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ Google: tv+raman GTalk: raman@google.com, tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc
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