From 1a6fb28622817c91a02c2537d9171b3f6867b2a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:41:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Authors SHOULD NOT set aria-selected in single-selection
 containers where selection follows focus

---
 index.html | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d34106213..61fabbf9a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -12943,6 +12943,7 @@ <h2>Definitions of States and Properties (all aria-* attributes)</h2>
 					<li>Single-selection containers where the currently focused item is not selected. The selection normally follows the focus, and is managed by the <a>user agent</a>.</li>
 					<li>Multiple-selection containers. Authors SHOULD ensure that any selectable descendant of a container in which the <pref>aria-multiselectable</pref> attribute is <code>true</code> specifies a value of either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> for the <sref>aria-selected</sref> attribute.</li>
 				</ol>
+				<p>Authors SHOULD NOT set <sref>aria-selected</sref> in single-selection containers where selection follows focus.</p>
 				<p>Any explicit assignment of <sref>aria-selected</sref> takes precedence over the implicit selection based on focus. If no <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr> element in the widget is explicitly marked as selected, assistive technologies MAY convey implicit selection which follows the keyboard focus of the <a href="#managingfocus">managed focus</a> widget. If any <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr> element in the widget is explicitly marked as selected, the user agent MUST NOT convey implicit selection for the widget.</p>
 			</div>
 			<table class="state-features">

From e456923ad3a6c71c1eb05173844e0aea072cbec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:46:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] - change "SHOULD NOT" to "do not need to" - add case
 where aria-selected="false" is used on focused item

---
 index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 61fabbf9a..5d9cb2592 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -12943,7 +12943,7 @@ <h2>Definitions of States and Properties (all aria-* attributes)</h2>
 					<li>Single-selection containers where the currently focused item is not selected. The selection normally follows the focus, and is managed by the <a>user agent</a>.</li>
 					<li>Multiple-selection containers. Authors SHOULD ensure that any selectable descendant of a container in which the <pref>aria-multiselectable</pref> attribute is <code>true</code> specifies a value of either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> for the <sref>aria-selected</sref> attribute.</li>
 				</ol>
-				<p>Authors SHOULD NOT set <sref>aria-selected</sref> in single-selection containers where selection follows focus.</p>
+				<p>Authors do not need to set <sref>aria-selected</sref> in single-selection containers where selection follows focus, unless <code>aria-selected="false"</code> is being used on the focused item to indicate that the container does not currently have a selection.</p>
 				<p>Any explicit assignment of <sref>aria-selected</sref> takes precedence over the implicit selection based on focus. If no <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr> element in the widget is explicitly marked as selected, assistive technologies MAY convey implicit selection which follows the keyboard focus of the <a href="#managingfocus">managed focus</a> widget. If any <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr> element in the widget is explicitly marked as selected, the user agent MUST NOT convey implicit selection for the widget.</p>
 			</div>
 			<table class="state-features">