"the inclusion of a switch role for mobile devices, and other enhancements to align better with HTML5"
- WAI-ARIA 1.1 and the Core Accessibility API Mapping Specification working drafts have been updated: http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4819 New in the WAI-ARIA draft is enhanced support for tables, grids, and treegrids, a new feature called aria-current, the inclusion of a switch role for mobile devices, and other enhancements to align better with HTML5 - including a provision to allow for native host language semantics to be used without having an ARIA role provided the host language semantics equates to the appropriate ARIA (e.g. you don't need to do <tr role="row"> <tr> would be fine). ARIA 1.1 is on track for completion at then end of 2016. *Microsoft is working to do a better job in supporting ARIA 1.1 in Edge *through their UI Automation interfaces. SVG2 has been updated: http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4806 - A First Public Working Draft of the Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA module has been published: http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4798 The digital publishing industry is now working the use of these into their plans for content authoring. - The W3C Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines have reached Proposed Recommendation status and should be a final recommendation in September:
