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Re: Relationship between WCAG and the ARIA in HTML specification

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 6, 2023 6:52PM

Yeap, I conceit that there are aspects of how 4.1.1 was interpreted
that resulted in a lot of false positives, primarily the duplicate ID
values, (only likely to affects accessibility if it's either used for
labeling, to communicate an informational relationship, or if the
element is a target of JavaScript focus function or CSS selector). Axe
Core does this very well.
But, we digress, I see the point in what you're pointing out Patrick.
I am still concerned that removing this SC is not likely to simplify
accessibility, but I hope it does.

As for the original question. ARIA in HTML is more of an
implementation guide with a mix of normative and best practice
recommendations.
I refer to the rules of ARIA from time to time, with some rewroding,
and I use the HTML to ARIA mapping table in that document all the
time, it is super useful.
So the document is super helpful but I wouldn't consider it a
requirement in its own right.


On 8/6/23, Sailesh Panchang < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I went along with the reasoning, "tie the problem caused because of
> 4.1.1 transgression to another SC" but like Birkir, my preference has
> been check code validation first then check for accessibility
> violations.
> Accessibility aside, IT QA I suppose should also be looking at quality
> of code and ensuring code validation would be part of that, no? True,
> only a subset of those validation issues may result in accessibility
> barriers.
> But we are digressing from the question posed in this thread.
> Can one say "rrelationship between WCAG and the ARIA in HTML
> specification" is no different from the broader relationship between
> WCAG and the HTML specs" for instance?
> Thanks,
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> Deque Systems Inc
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