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Re: Markup for question and answer scenario

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From: Sean Keegan
Date: Jun 22, 2015 9:21AM

Here's a sample of a question type and this is the basic model as to how a
question may be organized (Note - the sample is Flash-based and not very
accessible):
http://pages.uoregon.edu/kscalise/taxonomy/item.php?item&type=flash

The number of questions per page is under discussion, but I would expect
anywhere from one to four questions per page.

Thanks for the suggestion. I had not thought of using fieldset with
aria-labelledy. I had considered fieldset and legend to be the required
combination, so this helps in addressing a formatting/display issue.

Questions:
- Should <div role=group> be considered equivalent to a <fieldset> in that
it is for grouping form controls alone? I know how AT will interpret both
functionally, but asking from a conceptual perspective.

- If there were to be multiple questions per page, would is be appropriate
to group each question within a region? E.g., <div role=region
aria-labelledby="the question heading">

Take care,
Sean


From: Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Cc:
> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 09:50:38 +0100
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Markup for question and answer scenario
> Can you provide an example question? also is it intended that there are
> multiple question on a page?
> anyway here is a stab at code for a single page pre question:
>
> <h1>Question 4</h1>
> <p>brief description</p>
> <p>..</p>
> <h2 id="question">specific question</h2>
> <fieldset aria-labelledby="question">
> The answer set (e.g., True or False, Multiple Choice, etc.)
> </fieldset>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>;
>
>