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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Role Attribute(also: ARIA Role, WAI Role)
An HTML attribute that defines the purpose or type of a user interface element, communicating its function to assistive technologies. Originally proposed as part of the XHTML namespace-based approach described by Gibson and Schwerdtfeger at IBM, the role attribute became a…

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