ISSUE-119: Consider use of a technology like XBL or BECSS to assign ARIA semantics (roles/state/props) and event handlers

XBL for ARIA2

State:: CLOSED
Product:: ARIA 2.0
Raised by:: James Craig
Opened on:: 2009-02-24
Description:: Consider use of a technology like XBL or BECSS to assign ARIA semantics via roles/state/props. Action will probably be delayed until browser vendors support one of these technologies across the board.

Email threads:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2008Jun/thread.html#msg17
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/wai-xtech/2009Feb/thread.html#msg76

W3C Specifications:

XML Binding Language (XBL)
http://www.w3.org/TR/xbl/

Behavioral Extensions to CSS (BECSS)
http://www.w3.org/TR/becss/

Related Technologies:

Microsoft Hypertext Components (HTC)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms531018(VS.85).aspx
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