Disallow roles on a[href]

[karlgroves]

Currently this document states the following in column 3 for roles which may be used on a[href]

Roles: button, checkbox, menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, menuitemradio, option, radio, switch, tab or treeitem

The construction of links & linking between documents has been with HTML since its very beginning. In fact, supporting links is one of the foundational conformance requirements for user agents

Section 7 of RFC 1866 discusses the purpose and structure of links.

The content of the href attribute must be a valid resource.

I simply cannot see any relevant use case for applying a role for what would otherwise be a link.

If the author has constructed an <a> element that contains an href attribute, then the use of any other role should be considered invalid.

[karlgroves]

As a quick follow-up, area[href] is listed as "No Role"

[masi]

Can the ticket be closed? AS I understand your second comment everything is fine.