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Re: HTML5 Article Tag - How to use?

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From: Gunderson, Jon R
Date: Mar 5, 2015 7:49AM

The default role for the HTML5 <article> element in the ARIA ³article"
role and the ARIA ³article" role is NOT defined as a landmark role. The
definition of the ARIA ³article" role is supports representing the
structure of nested discussion lists, see the ARIA definition. The
definition of the <article> element though is not limited to discussion
lists. It is unfortunate that they share the same name, it can lead to a
lot of confusion.

ARIA 1.0 ARTICLE role definition:
http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#article

HTML5 ARTICLE element definition:
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/semantics.html#the-article-ele
ment


Hope this helps,
Jon


On 3/4/15, 4:44 PM, "Joey G." < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>Though it's not an answer to my question, yes, I think people do this to
>get
>the attention of the readers or entice them; share the article immediately
>after reading only the title.
>
>I once implemented buttons that follow the reader while they scroll the
>page, but I was told it wasn't the best idea.
>
>