24182 2013-12-31 13:04:57 +0000 "Every HTML element may have an ARIA role attribute specified." 2014-03-01 14:09:07 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED a11y, CR P2 normal --- 1 faulkner.steve faulkner.steve lwatson mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 97896 0 faulkner.steve 2013-12-31 13:04:57 +0000 "Every HTML element may have an ARIA role attribute specified." is incorrect as some cannot as detailed in http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#wai-aria so need to fix. 101697 1 faulkner.steve 2014-03-01 14:09:07 +0000 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: Accepted Change Description: refer to commit https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/f2a0c83ab6fd1ff2eab8788f6c3d16e6fab30d96 Rationale: The statement in the spec was incorrect as some elements (those with strong native semantics of no role) are not allowed to have a role attribute specified.