Add new ARIA roles

[scottaohara]

The following roles are new in ARIA 1.2 and need to be added to the spec

• [x] blockquote => <blockquote>
• [x] caption => <caption> and <figcaption>
• [x] code => <code>
• [x] definition => revised, no HTML element match
• [x] deletion => <del>
• [x] emphasis => <em>
• [ ] generic => <div>, <span>, & other user facing elements with no meaningful ARIA role.
• [x] insertion => <ins>
• [x] meter => <meter>
• [x] paragraph => <p>
• [x] strong => <strong>
• [x] subscript => <sub>
• [x] superscript => <sup>
• [x] term => <dfn> and not <dt>
• [x] time => <time>

(removed label and legend these likely won't be added anymore)

ARIA 1.3 roles

• mark => <mark>
• suggestion => no HTML element
• comment => no HTML element

The following roles may be changed in their naming

• associationlist => <dl>
• associationlistkey => <dt>
• associationlistvalue => <dd>

[masi]

The above list of new roles for 1.2 includes roles in the draft that did not made it into the final version:

• definition
• emphasis
• label
• legend
• strong
• term

[stevefaulkner]

The above list of new roles for 1.2 includes roles in the draft that did not made it into the final version

Is there a final version? I thought 1.2 was still in progress. The latest editors draft includes some of the above

[masi]

Stupid me! Of course 1.2 is still a WD. I am ahead of time that's all :)

They made it into the mentioned version. Now ARIA really re-implements HTML in roles.

[scottaohara]

Adding allowed aria-* attributes and allowed roles labels as the updated implicit roles may require some changes for certain elements.

[WW3]

Different roles to distinguish between ordered and unordered lists?

[scottaohara]

@WW3 that wouldn't be defined here. See https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/961 instead