> Anne van Kesteren wrote: >The point is that HTML currently doesn't support namespaces and that ARIA >is a solution for current HTML, not HTML5. If HTML5 were to be supported >by all vendors ARIA would not even be needed. This is not clear to me. I will admit that I haven't read the entire HTML5 draft, but there's still room for ARIA given the potential for extensibility via JavaScript. I think the ARIA FAQ answers this: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/ARIA:_Accessible_Rich_Internet_Applications/Relationship_to_HTML_FAQ#Will_authors_still_need_to_build_JavaScript_widgets_when_HTML5_is_available.3F --> Mike Squillace IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center Austin, TX W:512.823.7423 M:512.970.0066 masquill@us.ibm.com www.ibm.com/able "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com> Sent by: w3c-wai-pf-request@w3.org 10/24/2007 08:35 AM To Sam Ruby/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS cc "David Woolley" <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>, www-svg@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, public-xhtml2@w3.org, w3c-wai-pf@w3.org, w3c-html-cg@w3.org Subject Re: ARIA States and Properties Meeting On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:29:48 +0200, Sam Ruby <rubys@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> as HTML doesn't support namespaces. > > Given that context, it is fair to talk about the reasons why HTML5 does > not currently support namespaces, and the consequences (both positive > and negative) to that state of affairs; but it is not fair to state it > as if it were a foregone conclusion. The point is that HTML currently doesn't support namespaces and that ARIA is a solution for current HTML, not HTML5. If HTML5 were to be supported by all vendors ARIA would not even be needed. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>
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