Change Proposal for ISSUE-129

Summary

Change nothing.

Rationale

The bug titles given below are intended to describe the actual underlying requests or issues raised in the bugs. They do not match the original bug summaries as those were often quite misleading when compared to the actual requests.

Bug 10444: Requesting a summary of all the elements that do not have a default ARIA role

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10444

Bug 10462: Requesting that the non-normative summary be explicitly part of the normative table

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10462

Bug 10448: Allow links to be described as scroll bars, buttons to be described as progress bars, etc

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10448

Bug 10449: Allow an H1 element to be described as a spinbutton or checkbox, etc

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10449

Bug 10481: Set the default role of IMG elements to ARIA's "img" value

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10481

Bug 10493: Requesting additional prose in the HTML spec stating that certain roles defined in the ARIA spec have restrictions on their use defined in the ARIA spec

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10493

Bug 10592: ?

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10592

Bug 10594: ???

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10594

Bug 10603: ?

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10603

Bug 10903: Requesting more introductory text

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10903

Bug 8000: Allow authors to use elements in ways that contradict their semantics

Bug: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8000

Details

Change nothing.

Impact

Conformance Class Changes

None.

Objections to the other change proposal

If there is objectionable material in the other change proposal that would be inappropriate to list in the above CP, then list it here so that it can be tracked and presented during the poll.

• The proposed text contains internal contradictions. For example, it suggests that the "abbr" element has no default role, but then specifies that the "abbr" element (when defining a command) has, in certain cases, the "menuitem" role; it also simultaneously allows authors to use aria-* attributes only in manners allowed in the HTML spec, allows authors to use aria-* attributes in any manner allowed in the ARIA specs, and requires authors to not use the aria-* attributes in ways that conflict with certain requirements, leaving the exact conformance situation highly unclear.

• The proposed text either abuses RFC2119 or has bogus conformance statements (it's unclear which). For example, the text explicitly allows "conflicts" to make things "difficult for assistive technology" (presumably mis-use of RFC2119, since "conflicts" are obviously not a defined conformance class); it also in another paragraph allows authors to "need" to do something.

• The proposed text has redundant conformance requirements, for example it restricts how people may use ARIA features multiple times with subtly different phrasing, without explaining why the requirements are repeated or whether the subtle differences are intended or not. Another example is how it simultaneously has a generic rule regarding state attributes matching equivalent HTML attributes, and has explicit rules for specific attributes. Another example is that it requires support for both the entire ARIA specification and then explicitly requires support for a subset of that specification.

• It contradicts the ARIA specification. For example, for "abbr" elements it says any aria-* attribute is allowed, but the ARIA spec restricts which attributes are allowed based on the role.