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Merge pull request #437 from w3c/clarify-any-role
Correction: Revisions to 'any role' term description
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attribute, allowing for an aural UI that will match the visual presentation of the control.
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In the following example, a `button` allows for a user to toggle the state of a
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In the following example, a `button` element allows for a user to toggle the state of a
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setting within a web application. The `aria-pressed` attribute is used to
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augment the `button` element. When in the "pressed" state that information can be
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exposed to users of assistive technologies.
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(role, states, and properties) given in the cell in the second column of the same row.
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The third cell in each row defines the ARIA `role` values and `aria-*` attributes which authors MAY specify
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on the element. Where a cell in the third column includes the term <dfn><strong>Any</strong> `role`</dfn>
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it indicates that any `role` value apart from the <a>implicit ARIA semantics</a> `role` value,
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MAY be used, <span class="addition">unless it is the `generic` role or a role
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<a href="#docconformance-deprecated">deprecated by ARIA</a>.
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The `generic` role and roles deprecated by ARIA SHOULD NOT be used by authors</span>.
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it indicates that any `role` value <span class="addition correction">MAY be used on the element. However,
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it is NOT RECOMMENDED for authors to specify the implicit role of the element, the `generic` role, or a role
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<a href="#docconformance-deprecated">deprecated by ARIA</a> on these elements.</span>
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If a cell in the third column includes the term <dfn><strong>No `role`</strong></dfn> it indicates
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that authors MUST NOT overwrite the implicit ARIA semantics, or native semantics of the HTML element.
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