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Re: Relationship between WCAG and the ARIA in HTML specification

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Aug 6, 2023 9:12AM

On 06/08/2023 12:14, Birkir R. Gunnarsson wrote:
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> This is one of the primary reasons I've always been dead set against
> removing 4.1.1 from WCAG. I've made such comments on a few threads or
> posts related to this decision, but I am too busy for lengthy academic
> debates.
>
> I just have to trust that those who made that decision, thought all
> this through a lot more than I did.
The tl;dr is: invalid markup per se is not a failure. If invalid markup
leads to actual problems for users, then report the problem under the
most appropriate SC that deals with that particular problem.

During the discussions leading to the decision, I don't believe we came
up with problems caused by invalid markup that did not *also* manifest
themselves in other SCs that are more directly tied to user needs.

P
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