28741 2015-06-03 05:36:55 +0000 Need to clarify sectioning ancestors of <footer> and <header> 2015-06-24 08:20:46 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified ARIA HTML AAM 1.1 PC All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 jason faulkner.steve jason surkov.alexander oldest_to_newest 120675 0 jason 2015-06-03 05:36:55 +0000 The entry for <footer> in the HTML5.1 spec [3] makes <footer> valid in <aside> and <nav> sectioning elements, as well sectioning roots, i.e. <blockquote>, <body>, <details>, <dialog>, <fieldset>, <figure>, and <td>. Surely this is the same scenario as <footer> in <article> or <section>, namely it does not represent an ARIA "contentinfo" landmark. If this is right, then the a11y mapping needs to make this clear, and not restrict the condition to ancestor <article> and <section> elements. It needs to distinguish between "footer (nearest sectioning element ancestor is body)", in which case it has a "contentinfo" role, and "footer (nearest sectioning element ancestor is not body)" where it has no default ARIA role. The same situation would apply to <header> and the "banner" role. 121449 1 jason 2015-06-24 03:59:56 +0000 See https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27961#c3