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The spec reads: "... an input element whose type attribute is in the Radio Button state and whose checkedness is true." Editorial: The term "checkedness" is not really a word. It is believed "checked state" would be less awkward. Filed on behalf of the a11yTF
mass-moved component to LC1
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: "checked state" would be confusing since we already have a term called "Checked State" which applies to all elements (and disambiguating just on case would be very bad for accessibility!). I don't think making up terms is bad here, it makes them eminently searchable and helps implementors be clear about what they're talking about.