In #414190: Add WAI-ARIA landmark roles to Garland the issue of WAI-ARIA landmark roles was discussed. I believe that it would be a good idea for blocks, including custom blocks, to be able to indicate the
WAI-ARIA landmark role for it's containing element.

See also:
#963760: Decide if ARIA will be permitted in markup
http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/roles#landmark_roles

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bowersox’s picture

bowersox commented

+1 very much needed to implement ARIA well

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mgifford
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Wanting to put in a +1 for this issue and point to this useful reference on landmark roles http://juicystudio.com/article/examining-wai-aria-document-andmark-roles...

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Everett Zufelt commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

See #966396: Decide how to include WAI-ARIA landmark roles