[Bug 8700] New: modify contentinfo mapping and conformance

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8700

           Summary: modify contentinfo mapping and conformance
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: a11y, NE
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org, public-
                    html-a11y@w3.org


currently the HTML5 address  element    is mapped onto the ARIA contentinfo 
role.
[http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/embedded-content-0.html#annotations-for-assistive-technology-products-aria]

This is incorrect. Although it may be appropriate for a containing element that
is role=contentinfo to include an address element along with other content,
there is not a one to one mapping. a closer approximation for the contentinfo
role would be to the footer element , as specified in the spec.


current public wai-aria working draft states:

Within any document  or application, the author SHOULD mark no more than one
element with the contentinfo role. 
[http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#contentinfo]

requested modifications to HTML5:

remove address to contentinfo mapping.

add contentinfo conformance statement in the appropriate section of the spec
[http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/embedded-content-0.html#annotations-for-assistive-technology-products-aria].


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Received on Sunday, 10 January 2010 13:56:59 UTC