[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 273357] New: AX: dfn element should map to AccessibilityRole::Term, as it indicates a term being defined, not a definition

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Sat Apr 27 07:17:36 PDT 2024


https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273357

            Bug ID: 273357
           Summary: AX: dfn element should map to AccessibilityRole::Term,
                    as it indicates a term being defined, not a definition
           Product: WebKit
           Version: Other
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Accessibility
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: tyler_w at apple.com
                CC: andresg_22 at apple.com,
                    webkit-bug-importer at group.apple.com

Confusingly, the `dfn` tag represents a term being defined, making it equivalent to the "term" ARIA role rather than the "definition" ARIA role. The "definition" ARIA role has no HTML equivalent.

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-dfn-element
https://w3c.github.io/aria/#term and https://w3c.github.io/aria/#definition

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