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Bug 11795 - Clarify what "additional information" bullet means in state & property mapping rules
Summary: Clarify what "additional information" bullet means in state & property mappin...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ARIA
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core AAM (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0
Hardware: PC All
: P1 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Bolter
QA Contact: ARIA UA Implementors
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Reported: 2011-01-18 21:53 UTC by Andi Snow-Weaver
Modified: 2011-01-21 16:56 UTC (History)
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Description Andi Snow-Weaver 2011-01-18 21:53:56 UTC 
James Craig commented:
> 5.5. State and Property Mapping
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria-implementation/#mapping_state-property
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> "3. User agents SHOULD add additional information to the description, object attribute, or other text string."
>
> This is vague. What additional information should be added? Suggest removing this requirement if if cannot be clarified.

and Joseph responded
I suspect that there is something meaningful behind this point,  but it 
is completely unclear what that is.

We need to clarify what we mean here or take it out.
Comment 1 Andi Snow-Weaver 2011-01-21 16:56:25 UTC 
Remove this bullet. Rules for exposing aria information that doesn't map to APIs is covered sufficiently in 5.3.