Re: [EXT] ARIA listitem vs li - the same semantic value. Y or N? If Y, why an error in validator from Taylor, P on 2020-01-24 (www-validator@w3.org from January 2020)

From: Taylor, P <P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:21:03 +0000
To: Jorge Fernandes <jorge.fernandes@ama.pt>
CC: "www-validator@w3.org" <www-validator@w3.org>
Message-ID: <c204c534-87e6-d87b-2fa5-127cf86a0621@Rhul.Ac.Uk>

Jorge Fernandes wrote:

> In Portugal it is usual we say: "If the logic is a potato :-) “ … the 
> (A) situation is equal to the (B) situation - i.e. the same semantic 
> (modified post-genetically), the same structural elements… Why the 
> validator say that (A) have 3 errors?

A <DIV> element with role="listitem" is genetically unrelated to an <LI> 
element, and therefore cannot inter-breed with <UL> elements.
Philip Taylor

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