[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 157331] New: AX: ARIA 'region' role is now a landmark; HTML 'section' element should be a landmark only if named

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            Bug ID: 157331
           Summary: AX: ARIA 'region' role is now a landmark; HTML
                    'section' element should be a landmark only if named
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Accessibility
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: jdiggs at igalia.com
                CC: webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com

In ARIA 1.1, the 'region' role became a landmark [1]. This has implications for the HTML 'section' element whose default ARIA role is region, namely that potentially a lot of sections will start showing up in the landmark navigation provided by ATs, making that functionality less efficient/useful.

The HTML AAM provides guidance related to this [2]:

    Note: It is strongly recommended that user agents such as screen
    readers only convey the presence of, and provide navigation for
    section elements, when the section element has an accessible name.

The easiest way to accomplish what the HTML AAM recommends is to not expose sections which lack accessible names as landmarks.

[1] https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/aria/aria.html#region
[2] https://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/html-aam/html-aam.html#el-section

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