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REQUEST: clarify that <details> can take _all_ roles that use the aria-expanded state. Bug 9623 added strong semantics to <details> by linking presence/absence of the @open attribute to the aria-expanded="true/false" state. The new spec text says: ]] (The role can be changed as described in the next table, but is restricted to roles that use the aria-expanded state.) [[ But the above sentence is unclear: Is it the _complete_ subset of "roles that use the aria-expanded state" that makes up the permitted roles? Or is it "the next table" that decides? The list in "the next table" anyhow permits only a subset-of-the-subset of roles that use the aria-expanded state: ]] Role must be either form, group, navigation, note, or search [[ Thus the table e.g. forbids <details role="img" >. Despite that role="img" _does_ use the aria-expanded state. It is unclear whether "the second table" simply fails to list all the roles that use the aria-expanded state. Or whether the spec simply fails to describe the principles/criteria behind the selection of permitted roles.
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Checked in as WHATWG revision r5361. Check-in comment: Clarify non-normative sentence. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5360&to=5361
Big triage sub-team thinks the ARIA mapping team should review and update this bug as the mappings are prepared, but no need for entire HTML A11Y TF to review. Assigning to Steve Faulkner to track.