Possible error in 3.1 HTML5 Sectioning Elements

[ZoeBijl]

The table lists the following as default landmark role for section:

region when it has an accessible name using aria-labelledby or aria-label

As @stevefaulkner said in a thread opened by @matatk [1]:

section always maps to region, it is only announced by AT when it has an accessible name.

Should we change this to reflect the ARIA spec and ARIA in HTML document?

[1] w3c/html-aria#64

[mcking65]

I think it is the core AAM that conflicts with the ARIA spec. Assistive tech should not have to do extra checking to see if a region really is a landmark. The intent we had when making region a subclass of landmark and making name required was to make it so only named sections are regions.

I see @joanmarie is a step ahead of me and raised w3c/aria#513, which is the path I support.

[ZoeBijl]

Yes, I discussed this a bit with @joanmarie during/after today’s APA call.

Changed wording in my original post a bit.

[mcking65]

w3c/aria#513 was closed and that means the text in the guidance is correct as written; no conflict.