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this code: <a href="#" aria-expanded="true">test</a> results in the following error: Error: Element a is missing one or more of the following attributes: role. it should not. a role attribute is not required to use aria-expanded on a link
Fixed. Along with a bug of other fixes to bring ARIA implicit semantics into sync with the current spec - https://bitbucket.org/validator/syntax/commits/e40b90a5b674abcc177587f9ad441915c9ff773e
First reported by Sailesh on 07/08/2013 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2013JulSep/0003.html#start3