23214 2013-09-11 14:01:30 +0000 |summary| attribute at 6.10 |a| element accessible name calculation 2013-09-15 02:29:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML a11y APIs (editor: Steve Faulkner, Cynthia Shelly) unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 taken.spc jason jason mike public-html-admin public-html-bugzilla public-html-wg-issue-tracking surkov.alexander sideshowbarker+html-a11y-api oldest_to_newest 93246 0 taken.spc 2013-09-11 14:01:30 +0000 As |summary| attribute of |a| element doesn't defined in HTML5 or HTML 5.1 (yet), I think "Otherwise use the summary attribute" at "|a| element accessible name calculation " is a typo and should be removed. > |a| element accessible name calculation > 1. Use aria-labelledby > (snip) > 5. Otherwise use the summary attribute http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-html-aapi-20130910/#a-element 93247 1 faulkner.steve 2013-09-11 14:07:13 +0000 Hi Takeshi, Something does not have to be defined in HTML5/ or 5.1 to be used in the accessible name calculation. The API spec takes into account legacy implementations as well. 93256 2 surkov.alexander 2013-09-11 17:03:11 +0000 where this attribute comes from? 93257 3 faulkner.steve 2013-09-11 17:07:53 +0000 (In reply to alexander surkov from comment #2) > where this attribute comes from? http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#adef-summary 93258 4 surkov.alexander 2013-09-11 17:09:02 +0000 (In reply to steve faulkner from comment #3) > (In reply to alexander surkov from comment #2) > > where this attribute comes from? > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#adef-summary why is it applied to HTML:a? 93262 5 faulkner.steve 2013-09-11 17:53:54 +0000 (In reply to alexander surkov from comment #4) > (In reply to steve faulkner from comment #3) > > (In reply to alexander surkov from comment #2) > > > where this attribute comes from? > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#adef-summary > > why is it applied to HTML:a? my bad i didn't read the initial comment properly. 93263 6 faulkner.steve 2013-09-11 17:54:28 +0000 (In reply to Takeshi Kurosawa from comment #0) > As |summary| attribute of |a| element doesn't defined in HTML5 or HTML 5.1 > (yet), I think "Otherwise use the summary attribute" at "|a| element > accessible name calculation " is a typo and should be removed. > > > |a| element accessible name calculation > > 1. Use aria-labelledby > > (snip) > > 5. Otherwise use the summary attribute > > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-a- > element > http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-html-aapi-20130910/#a-element You are correct Takeshi, its a typo, thanks for pointing it out, will fix. 93393 7 jason 2013-09-15 02:29:36 +0000 Fixed: https://github.com/w3c/html-api-map/commit/ae80008ebb93f8fa42a64acd372fb6fe28210c38