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"a element that creates a hyperlink link role If specified, role must be one of the following: link, menuitem, tab, or treeitem" http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sec-implicit-aria-semantics should be Role must be either link, button, checkbox, menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, menuitemradio, tab, or treeitem http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-html5-20120329/wai-aria.html#wai-aria
Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/w3c/html https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/66d1fa4ad19daaf53ed3630db465e956bbdae1aa fixing allowed roles for <a> fixes Bug 24253
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Commit pushed to CR at https://github.com/w3c/html https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/66d1fa4ad19daaf53ed3630db465e956bbdae1aa fixing allowed roles for <a>