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Re: Angular and WCAG 4.1.1

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Jun 13, 2020 5:45AM

I noticed on twiter yesterday that firefox dev tools is startting to provide some support for these attributes.

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> On Jun 13, 2020, at 12:44 AM, Edelényi Zsolt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hi Jared and Glen,
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
> Zsolt
>
>
> 2020. 06. 12. 16:49 keltezéssel, Jared Smith írta:
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>> Zsolt -
>>
>> The success criterion itself lists the types of HTML parsing errors
>> that would result in a failure. Custom attributes are not included in
>> this list, so this is not a WCAG failure. While such attributes are
>> unnecessary and always make me shake my head when I see them, they
>> have no direct impact on accessibility.
>>
>>> Understanding SC 4.1.1. says: "the Success Criterion requires that the content can be parsed using only the rules of the formal grammar."
>> This is a significant overstatement. The Understanding document is not
>> a part of the normative guidelines, so this incorrect statement can be
>> ignored.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jared
>> >> >> >> > > > >