HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
extra semantic information to elements. In this section, you'll learn
about new
HTML5
global attributes from three major categories:
Accessibility for Rich Internet Applications
(ARIA)
, for providing
extra data to accessibility tools
❂
Data-*
attributes, for providing extra data for scripts on your page
❂
Microdata attributes, for providing extra data to browsers and
scripts on other sites
❂
Accessibility with ARIA
ARIA
is a standard developed at the
W3C
in response to the generally
poor accessibility of early
AJAX
-based web applications.
updated content
Notifying users of
AJAX
updates isn't the only benefit
ARIA
can pro-
vide.
ARIA
consists of a set of attributes and values that can describe to
assistive technology the roles of various page elements and their status.
In other words, they add semantic value to
HTML
elements so you can
