Re: Kobe TPAC - November 2025 - SVG WG meeting

* What is the state of implementations for WAI ARIA Attributes in SVG2 
in every browsers.

To the best of my knowledge, this has never been tested methodically, 
but anecdotally there has been support for quite some time (at least 
since 2018, and likely before that), but the extent is unknown.

My company, TetraLogical, is currently methodically testing screen 
reader support for HTML elements [1]. When we're done with that, we 
could turn our attention to ARIA when SVG is the host language though.

* If there are up to date tests on WPT to test these features

Unfortunately not, no. Writing WPT for accessibility where the 
accessibility tree is involved is not a simple exercise because browsers 
typically don't generate the accessibility tree unless an assistive tech 
like a screen reader is running.

With ARIA in particular there's the added complication of needing to 
evaluate what the screen reader does with the information exposed by the 
accessibility tree too.

HTH

[1] https://tetralogical.github.io/screen-reader-HTML-support/


On 18/08/2025 03:53, Karl Dubost wrote:
> Hello Léonie,
>
>> On Aug 12, 2025, at 17:59, Léonie Watson<lwatson@tetralogical.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'd be interested to meet (if the timing works out amongst other commitments). It doesn't look like there are any issues with the accessibility label at present, and I realise it's officially out of scope, but if there's room for a conversation about the accessibility features intended as part of SVG2, I'd appreciate it [1].
>>
>> [1]https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/struct.html#WAIARIAAttributes
>
> Yes the charter says only maintenance, which is about aligning the spec with what browsers currently do.
>
> It would be interesting to understand at least
>
> * What is the state of implementations for WAI ARIA Attributes in SVG2 in every browsers.
> * If there are up to date tests on WPT to test these features
>
> And in return we can better understand if the spec needs to be updated.
>
>   
>
>

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Léonie Watson (she/her)
Director
https://tetralogical.com

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