aside vs role=note

[pkra]

This likely belongs elswhere but allow me to start here.

HTML (both W3C and WHATWG) have the following note:

It’s not appropriate to use the aside element just for parentheticals, since those are part of the main flow of the document.

At the same time, role=note is allowed and reads

A section whose content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource.

At the same time, roles similar to note (e.g., doc-dedication - which led me down this rabbit hole) are not allowed on an aside element.

I find this a bit confusing and I'm wondering if I'm missing a difference here.

[scottaohara]

Hi @pkra

The HTML aside element maps to role=complementary not role=note, so I'm unclear of what the issue is here?

rereading the definition of the aside element, role=complementary and role=note, I'm of the opinion there is no discrepancy between the aside element and role=complementary, and as role=note is a different role all together, so there's no issue to rectify here.

Please feel free to comment / reopen if the issue is different than how i interpreted this. Thanks

[pkra]

Thanks @scottaohara, I'd forgotten about this and I can now see that my past self was clearly confused.

Now that I know a bit more of which issues belong where, I think I'll open an issue on aria-in-html. The question is not about role=note vs role=complementary but about aria-in-html not permitting doc-dedication on an aside.