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Re: Carousels again

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From: joe
Date: Jul 16, 2020 6:13AM

I would disagree with Glen (and others) on the use of a complementary
landmark over region landmark (with a label).

The ARIA spec has said and continues to say:

"complementary (role)

A landmark that is designed to be complementary to the main content at a
similar level in the DOM hierarchy, but remaining meaningful when separated
from the main content."

https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#complementary

" at a similar level in the DOM hierarchy, but remaining meaningful when
separated from the main content" to me has always indicated that a
complementary landmark should not be contained in the main landmark since it
should be "at a similar level in the DOM hierarchy" and be reusable on
multiple pages.

So if the carousel content is inside the main landmark, complementary should
not be used, instead region or section with a label would be the correct
choice for a landmark.

Joe Humbert