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Bug 24460 - a <map> with no role
Summary: a <map> with no role
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: steve faulkner
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2014-02-01 09:41 UTC by steve faulkner
Modified: 2014-02-05 16:01 UTC (History)
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Description steve faulkner 2014-02-01 09:41:40 UTC 
"3.2.7.3 Strong Native Semantics"
<map> has no consistent display or role across browsers. 
IE no role or display properties
FF IA2 textframe no display properties
Chrome not role display:inline
Comment 1 steve faulkner 2014-02-01 09:57:50 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: added <map> to strong semantics table with no role
Rationale: is a good candidate for restrictions as it has non consistent display and role properties across browsers
Comment 2 alexander surkov 2014-02-05 14:45:13 UTC 
(In reply to steve faulkner from comment #1)

> Change Description: added <map> to strong semantics table with no role

Steve, can you point out please what 'no role' means in this context?

> Rationale: is a good candidate for restrictions as it has non consistent
> display and role properties across browsers
Comment 3 steve faulkner 2014-02-05 15:00:59 UTC 
(In reply to alexander surkov from comment #2)
> (In reply to steve faulkner from comment #1)
> 
> > Change Description: added <map> to strong semantics table with no role
> 
> Steve, can you point out please what 'no role' means in this context?
> 
> > Rationale: is a good candidate for restrictions as it has non consistent
> > display and role properties across browsers

hi alex, 

"The entry "no role", when used as a strong native semantic, means that no role can be used (BY THE AUTHOR) and that the user agent has no default mapping to ARIA roles. (However, it could have its own mappings to the accessibility layer.) When used as a default implicit ARIA semantic, it means the user agent has no default mapping to ARIA roles. (However, it could have its own mappings to the accessibility layer.)"

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#concept-role-none
Comment 4 alexander surkov 2014-02-05 15:16:25 UTC 
Thanks, Steve. Not related to this bug I'm getting worried that ARIA becomes a measure of things. Is it plausible that one day HTML will be mapped to ARIA rather than AT API (what makes HTML a11y mapping guide no sense)?
Comment 5 steve faulkner 2014-02-05 15:51:33 UTC 
(In reply to alexander surkov from comment #4)
> Thanks, Steve. Not related to this bug I'm getting worried that ARIA becomes
> a measure of things. Is it plausible that one day HTML will be mapped to
> ARIA rather than AT API (what makes HTML a11y mapping guide no sense)?

Hi alex, did you read this email from rich (i emailed you a while back about it) http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2014Jan/0040.html and the related outlines: http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/wiki/ARIA ?
Comment 6 alexander surkov 2014-02-05 16:01:25 UTC 
apparently I missed it, thanks again.