For what? the IA2 role? The ARIA definition is accurate: A section whose
content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource.

ARIA has a role of complementary

Rich Schwerdtfeger
CTO Accessibility Software Group



From:   David Bolter <[email protected]>
To:     Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/i...@ibmus
Cc:     [email protected],
            [email protected],
            [email protected], "Gregory J. Rosmaita"
            <[email protected]>
Date:   11/18/2010 01:32 PM
Subject:        Re: [Accessibility-ia2] IA2_ROLE_NOTE



Thanks Rich,

Is anyone opposed to changing the definition to: "A section that provides
complementary information" ?

Cheers,
David

On 16/11/10 10:32 AM, Richard Schwerdtfeger wrote:


      That is the appropriate role for aside.


      Rich Schwerdtfeger
      CTO Accessibility Software Group

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          hide details for david bolter ---11/15/2010
      05:55:01
          PM---Well, I think I'm looking for approval to
      expose the html
          asdavid bolter ---11/15/2010 05:55:01
      PM---Well, I think I'm looking for approval to expose the html aside
      element with an IA2 note role (in ge

      From: david bolter <[email protected]>
      To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <[email protected]>
      Cc: [email protected],
      [email protected],
      [email protected]
      Date: 11/15/2010 05:55 PM
      Subject: Re: [Accessibility-ia2] IA2_ROLE_NOTE
      Sent by: [email protected]





      Well, I think I'm looking for approval to expose the html aside
      element with an IA2 note role (in gecko).


      It might be problematic to use a brand new role for FF4 since we are
      API frozen.


      Cheers,
      D


      On Nov 15, 2010 4:20 PM, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <[email protected]>
      wrote:
      > aloha, brian!
      >
      > please refer to my resend of my reply to david:
      >
      >
      
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/accessibility-ia2/2010-November/001235.html

      >
      > for my complete post -- as for using the brackets, that isn't
      > semantically marking the text as relating to/glossing the quote,
      but
      > not part of the quote -- designating a voice characteristics change
      > for everything in brackets is a rather "gross" tool for this task,
      > similar to having a voice chars switch for quotation marks, which
      are
      > used for a lot more than quotations -- for example, i use CSS to
      put
      > text in emphasis quotes by assigning the text to be encased in
      > air-quotes the element EM
      >
      > for more detailed musings (by me and others) on what is lacking in
      > HTML5's quote element, consult the HTML WG wiki page:
      >
      > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/MuchAdoAboutQ
      >
      > gregory.
      > ----------------------------------------------------------------
      > CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils,
      > as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them
      > with others. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_
      > ----------------------------------------------------------------
      > Gregory J. Rosmaita, [email protected]
      > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html
      > ----------------------------------------------------------------
      >
      >
      > ---------- Original Message -----------
      > From: Brian Cragun <[email protected]>
      > To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <[email protected]>
      > Cc: [email protected],
      > [email protected], David Bolter
      > <[email protected]>, [email protected]
      > Sent: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:05:42 -0600
      > Subject: Re: [Accessibility-ia2] IA2_ROLE_NOTE
      >
      >> Hi,
      >>
      >> Doesn't the demarcation in the text itself provide that context
      >> inherently? Anyone reading the text would assume that the
      >> brackets mean there is editor inserted comment.
      >>
      >> Regards,
      >>
      >> Brian
      >>
      >> Brian Cragun
      >> IBM AbilityLab Consultant
      >> Human Ability & Accessibility Center
      >> www.ibm.com/able & w3.ibm.com/able
      >> W:(720)-663-2801 H:(507)288-2437
      >>
      >> From: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <[email protected]>
      >> To: David Bolter <[email protected]>,
      >> [email protected]
      >> Cc: [email protected]
      >> Date: 11/15/2010 01:48 PM
      >> Subject: Re: [Accessibility-ia2] IA2_ROLE_NOTE
      >> Sent by: [email protected]
      >>
      >> aloha, david!
      >>
      >> actually, i'd argue that the problem is that the concept "note"
      >> is insufficient for all use cases:
      >>
      >> 1. there should be a means to distinguish between explanatory
      notes
      >> and referential notes;
      >>
      >> 2. there needs to be a means to convey within semantically
      demarcated
      >> quoted text, that a string of text added to contextualize the
      quote
      >> is not part of the original quote, but disambiguation text:
      >>
      >> <q>He [Robert E. Lee] was hamstrung by his [J.E.B. Stuart's]
      >> absence from the battlefield for the first two days of fighting,
      >> depriving him [Lee] of the up-to-date intelligence the calvary
      >> ordinarily provided.</q>
      >>
      >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
      >> CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils,
      >> as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them
      >> with others. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_
      >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
      >> Gregory J. Rosmaita, [email protected]
      >> Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html
      >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
      >>
      >> ---------- Original Message -----------
      >> From: David Bolter <[email protected]>
      >> To: [email protected]
      >> Sent: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:42:40 -0500
      >> Subject: [Accessibility-ia2] IA2_ROLE_NOTE
      >>
      >> > Hi.
      >> >
      >> > I think this is the current description of the note role:
      >> > "An embedded note which is not visible until activated"
      >> >
      >> > I wonder if we could change it to:
      >> > "A section that provides complementary information"
      >> >
      >> > This would make it reusable for things like html:aside elements
      >> > and aria role="note". Thoughts?
      >> >
      >> > Cheers,
      >> > David
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