- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:46:32 +0100
- To: "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Hi Jason, 2008/9/30 Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net>: > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:25:23AM +0100, Gez Lemon wrote: > >> It doesn't resolve the whole issue of ensuring that ARIA is used >> correctly with a native markup language, but if the ARIA specification >> is available in a machine readable format (such as what attribute >> values are valid for a particular attribute, and what attributes can >> be used with particular roles in RDF), we could build a basic >> validator to ensure at least the ARIA part is used according to its >> specification. > > Yes, but unless the validator includes a Javascript interpreter and a DOM > implementation, all that can be checked are the Aria attributes of the > document prior to the execution of scripts that modify it. > > Anything involving live regions or Javascript functions that change states or > properties would largely escape any lesser validator. Maybe the validator > needs to be written as a user agent extension that can verify correctness as > changes are made. Yes, that's a good point. It could be written as an extension or bookmarklet. Cheers, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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