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HTML-AAM: should <dfn> map to aria role=term? #6
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From @cyns on January 12, 2016 18:37
Copied from original issue: w3c/aria#144
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From @cyns on January 12, 2016 18:37
Copied from original issue: w3c/aria#144
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jasonkiss commentedon Oct 12, 2016
I don't think so.
<dfn>represents the defining instance of a term, while the definition role represents the definition of a term or concept. However, we might want to map to role=term (ARIA1.1) depending on how that role gets mappedjasonkiss commentedon Nov 2, 2016
See related ARIA issue #455
joanmarie commentedon Oct 10, 2017
@jasonkiss, regarding this:
I'm thinking we do.
jasonkiss commentedon Nov 30, 2017
Thanks, @joanmarie. I'd sure like to.
I see that the ATK mapping for the
termrole is ATK_ROLE_DESCRIPTION_TERM, whose definition is "An object that represents the term, or name, part of a term-description group in a description list."Doesn't that definition assign the
termrole some list semantics, even if only description-list? I see that you closed related ARIA issue#455, so perhaps I'm misreading/misunderstanding? As I read the currenttermrole mappings, it's now just ATK that has list-related semantics forterm.[-]HTML-AAM: should <dfn> map to aria role=definition?[/-][+]HTML-AAM: should <dfn> map to aria role=term?[/+]jasonkiss commentedon Nov 30, 2017
I should add that, while the ARIA spec indicates the
termrole as being conceptually related to the HTMLdtelement, the definition of thetermrole doesn't include any mention of lists, definition/description or otherwise.joanmarie commentedon Nov 30, 2017
@jasonkiss: If need be, I can update the ATK docs. I didn't see creating a brand new ATK role when this existing role would do. Then poof! No more list semantics. 😄 Would that address your concerns?
joanmarie commentedon Nov 30, 2017
@jasonkiss: The ATK documentation has just been updated via the following commit: https://git.gnome.org/browse/atk/commit/?id=4a2632d. Please note that this change will not show up in the official docs until a new ATK release is done. That won't be too long, but you may have a few weeks to wait. If you must have the change show up in the web-based developer docs before you feel comfortable proceeding, let me know and I'll see if I can convince my colleague to do a special release for you.
Related to the above: The change will show up in the "unstable" docs first. That URL is: https://developer.gnome.org/atk/unstable/AtkObject.html#AtkRole (i.e. s/stable/unstable/). For it to show up in the URL for "stable", you'll need to wait until at the end of the current release cycle.
dfn now maps to term role / issue #6
jasonkiss commentedon Nov 30, 2017
@joanmarie: Amazing! That's great, and totally works for me. Thank you. Have updated
dfnmappings accordingly to point totermrole mappings for all APIs. Closing.