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From: Sandy
Date: May 1, 2013 9:46AM

> seen the banner role guidelines here, where he suggests applying it to
> the main header tag:
> http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/02/using-wai-aria-landmarks-2013/
Right - the question is whether an <h1> in the banner, once you are off
the home page, is unnecessary clutter, and should be reserved for the
page title. The banner role will tell users what's going on, right?

> Also, I assume you're not just applying that one role, right?
right. So far role="banner", role="navigation" and role="main".

thanks for taking the time to answer,
Sandy