Hey again. New proposal for the types:
ERROR_MESSAGE: Would go on the input which is invalid and point to the element with the statement of what is wrong. ERROR_SOURCE: Would go on the element which contains the statement of what is wrong and point to the input which is invalid. --joanie On 04/11/2016 01:26 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > Hey Jamie, all. > > I don't believe we have a conclusion on this. So resuming the conversation. > > If there's sufficient belief that errormessage is inherently different > and that new API is called for, what about a new relation type? > Personally, I am not jazzed by yet another relation type. But it is easy > enough to add. We could add ERROR_FOR (or ERROR_MESSAGE_FOR) and ... > what would the reciprocal relation be called? > > --joanie > > On 03/01/2016 06:33 PM, James Teh wrote: > >> Everyone else is saying that errormessage is inherently different to >> description. If that really is how it's meant to be according to the >> ARIA spec (I disagree, but that's not relevant here), then mapping it to >> description (even with an attribute) is a big hack. You can't have it >> both ways; it's either just a specialisation of description or it's not. >> Several people now say it's not the former, so it must be the latter. >> And if it *is* the former, then it should be included as part of the >> description text as well. >> >> FWIW, I don't like this whle thing at all, but it seems wrong to me that >> the ARIA spec says it's not at all a description and the a11y specs say >> it is. Personally, I think the ARIA spec *should* treat it as just an >> extension of description, but I've already made that point and it >> doesn't seem popular. >> >> Jamie >> > > _______________________________________________ > Accessibility-ia2 mailing list > Accessibility-ia2@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-ia2 > _______________________________________________ Accessibility-ia2 mailing list Accessibility-ia2@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-ia2