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3.8: WAI-ARIA Taxonomy

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    In addition to the full list of WAI-ARIA attributes in the specification, the visual presentation of that list in the WAI-ARIA taxonomy can be helpful in understanding the relationships between elements. This image can also help those who are visual learners to see how WAI-ARIA is organized. Click on the thumbnail below to open the full visual taxonomy.

    WAI-ARIA Taxonomy Thumbnail, click to open full sized image.
    Figure: WAI-ARIA taxonomy thumbnail. Click to open full-sized image.

    Also, see the SVG version of the WAI-ARIA taxonomy

    A UML-XMLversion and an RDF version are also available to import into systems that support those formats.

    Suggested Reading:A representation or the WAI-ARIA taxonomy as a cheat sheet.

    This page titled 3.8: WAI-ARIA Taxonomy is shared under a CC BY-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Digital Education Strategies, The Chang School.

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