ARIA in HTML5 Integration: Document Conformance (Draft)

This is a draft written by Henri Sivonen. This is not a spec and has not been endorsed by anyone. For context, please refer to this companion email.

Banned Roles

rowheader columnheader document heading

Special—No Role Allowed

area base bdo br col colgroup datatemplate embed (plug-in should be itself accessible) event-source head input type=hidden link map meta nest noscript param rule script source style thead tfoot tbody title body

Strong Native Role—No Override

Should input with a strong native semantic be able to become role=combobox? aria-level seems questionable on regions.

Element Implicit role Permitted States and Properties
address contentinfo aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
article region aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
aside note aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
audio

caption ~description aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
command type=radio menuitemradio aria-controls
command type=checkbox menuitemcheckbox aria-controls
datagrid treegrid
del

details region aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
dialog region aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
fieldset group aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-live, aria-relevant, aria-activedescendant
figure ~img aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-live, aria-relevant
footer contentinfo aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
h1—h6 heading aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-live, aria-relevant
header ~banner aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
hr separator aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-live, aria-relevant
input type=add button aria-controls
input type=checkbox checkbox aria-controls
input type=date spinbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=datetime spinbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=datetime-local spinbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=email textbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=file input aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=image button aria-controls
input type=month spinbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=move-down button aria-controls
input type=move-up button aria-controls
input type=number spinbox aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=password textbox+secret aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=radio radio aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=range slider aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=remove button aria-controls
input type=reset button aria-controls
input type=submit button aria-controls
input type=time spinbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=url textbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
input type=week spinbox+datatype aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
ins

label ~description aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
legend ~description aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
li (in menu) menuitem not sure
mark

menu menu not sure
meter

nav navigation aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
option option aria-controls, aria-invalid, aria-required
output region aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
progress progressbar
section region aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
select select aria-invalid, aria-required, aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-live, aria-relevant
textarea textbox aria-invalid, aria-required
th scope=row rowheader aria-sort, aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant, aria-disabled, aria-expanded, aria-live, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-selected
th scope=col columnheader aria-sort, aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant, aria-disabled, aria-expanded, aria-live, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-selected
time

video

Weak Native Role—Override Allowed

Element Implicit role Permitted States and Properties
html document aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-live, aria-relevant
a link aria-controls, aria-disabled
iframe region aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
button button aria-controls
input type=button button aria-controls
input type=text textbox aria-invalid, aria-required
ol list aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
ul list aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-controls, aria-expanded, aria-level, aria-live, aria-relevant
li (in ol or ul) listitem aria-posinset, aria-setsize, aria-atomic, aria-busy, aria-channel, aria-live, aria-relevant

No Native Role—Any Role Allowed

abbr b blockquote canvas cite code dd dfn div dl dt em font i img kbd object p pre q samp small span strong table td tr var

Text last updated: 2008-03-24

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