28769 2015-06-05 15:06:18 +0000 is role=status correct for output element? 2018-05-03 21:19:14 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified ARIA HTML AAM 1.1 PC Windows NT RESOLVED INVALID a11y P2 normal --- 26135 1 faulkner.steve faulkner.steve dmazzoni faulkner.steve jason jcraig je00julie.kim lwatson mike mzehe public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking schwer surkov.alexander oldest_to_newest 120745 0 faulkner.steve 2015-06-05 15:06:18 +0000 +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #26135 +++ currently the html spec requires[1] the output element be mapped to role=status , at least one implementer (mozilla) has issue with this. They map it a to a generic role but with aria-live=polite. would like to get further feedback on this. [1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-implicit-aria-semantics this topic has come up before: refer to https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10447 120832 1 schwer 2015-06-08 19:40:18 +0000 I agree with Mozilla. We don't know that it is a "status" area. I think it is a live region with aria-live="polite" Also it would be good to have aria-controls relationships to it. 120880 2 surkov.alexander 2015-06-10 14:46:08 +0000 (In reply to Rich Schwerdtfeger from comment #1) > I agree with Mozilla. We don't know that it is a "status" area. I think it > is a live region with aria-live="polite" Also it would be good to have > aria-controls relationships to it. btw, I believe we do conntroller_for/controlled_by relationship 129191 3 w3cbugzilla 2018-05-03 21:19:14 +0000 HTML AAM is no longer an ARIA Deliverable. If you wish to pursue this issue please file at https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues