- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:31:57 -0500
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
On 18 Aug 2011, at 6:49 AM, Steve Faulkner wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can we please be allowed to use the HTML5 doctype on published specs? > > In investigating [1] an accessibility issue [2] in the content of the HTML5 spec I found that use of the ARIA role attribute makes the content in question much more usable for screen reader users. But as at present the pubrules do not allow the use of <!DOCTYPE html>, the use of @role is will not be conforming. Hi Steve, Thank you for the input. The staff is discussing the topic generally and has not reached a conclusion yet. Ian > > > [1] http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2011/08/html5-accessibility-chops-interactive-image-example/ > [2] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13447 > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner > HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ > Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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