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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Mar 28, 2013 11:01AM

>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:49:42 -0500
>From: Shawn Henry < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>To: WAI Interest Group < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>Subject: Web Standard: Role Attribute Published as W3C Recommendation
>
>Dear WAI Interest Group,
>
>Role Attribute 1.0 is now a completed Web Standard. It was published
>as a W3C Recommendation on 28 March 2013, at:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/role-attribute/
>
>Role Attribute allows authors to annotate markup languages with
>machine-extractable semantic information about the purpose of an
>element. It is a critical requirement for WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich
>Internet Applications), which is introduced at
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria.php>;. Role Attribute also has more
>general uses and can be integrated into any markup language.
>
>Status and Comments: As a finalized document, the Role Attribute is
>not likely to undergo further changes. The Protocols and Formats
>Working Group expects that any further enhancements to the Role
>Attribute would take place in a future version of WAI-ARIA, instead
>of in a future version of the Role Attribute specification. Any
>comments received will be considered as input for errata or other
>future work. To submit comments, please start from
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/comments/instructions>; and use the Comment
>Form for Role Attribute; or, you can send email to the
>publicly-archived list < <EMAIL REMOVED> >.
>
>Please let us know if you have any questions.
>Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid
>cross-postings where possible.
>
>Regards,
>Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach
>Janina Sajka. PFWG Chair
>Michael Cooper, PFWG W3C Staff Contact
>Judy Brewer, WAI Director
>
>
>
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>Shawn Lawton Henry
>W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
>e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>phone: +1.617.395.7664
>about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/