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Last Call: XHTML Role Attribute Module

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Published:: 5 October 2007

The XHTML2 Working Group released a Last Call Working Draft of XHTML Role Attribute Module. With the role attribute, authors can annotate XML languages with machine-readable semantic information about the purpose of elements. Use cases include accessibility, device adaptation, server-side processing and complex data description. The attribute can be integrated into any markup language based on XHTML Modularization. Visit the XHTML2 home page.

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