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http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-strong-native-semantics http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#group
Preemptively added to the validator https://bitbucket.org/validator/syntax/commits/a86263a6476ef61fb8bd22c809607330ebc8bebc
Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/w3c/html https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/52735bbfc18cbe9f70c27e56558093c176314660 fieldset default role=group fixes Bug 22648
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Commit pushed to CR at https://github.com/w3c/html https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/52735bbfc18cbe9f70c27e56558093c176314660 fieldset default role=group