- From: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:02:01 -0400
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- CC: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <4F96F8A9.1020506@w3.org>
We made an explicit decision to do ARIA testing using HTML 4. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/CR-wai-aria-20110118/#sotd_exit The technical folks can give a better explanation of the reasons. My recollection was we wanted to test on a stable host language in which ARIA is "unknown" so we could focus solely on user agent behaviour. Michael Steve Faulkner wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > any particular reason why the ARIA test cases are using the HTML 4 > doctype rather than <!DOCTYPE html> ? > > would make it easier to use for validator testing if HTMl5 doctype used. > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG > > www.paciellogroup.com <http://www.paciellogroup.com> | > www.HTML5accessibility.com <http://www.HTML5accessibility.com> | > www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner <http://www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner> > HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - > dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ <http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/> > Web Accessibility Toolbar - > www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > <http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html> -- Michael Cooper Web Accessibility Specialist World Wide Web Consortium, Web Accessibility Initiative E-mail cooper@w3.org <mailto:cooper@w3.org> Information Page <http://www.w3.org/People/cooper/>
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