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Category: HTML - DPUB-ARIA

doc-acknowledgments

Description

A section or statement that acknowledges significant contributions by persons, organizations, governments and other entities to the realization of the work.

Examples

Example 1 — Acknowledgments with a heading

The label is identified in the aria-labelledby attribute.

<section role="doc-acknowledgments" aria-labelledby="ack-hd">
   <h2 id="ack-hd">A Word of Thanks</h2>
   …
</section>

Relation to ARIA

doc-acknowledgments is a landmark role.

Usage

doc-acknowledgments is typically used on section elements.

A label must be provided for the role using one of the aria-labelledby, aria-label or title attributes.

For a simplified list of all the elements the role is allowed on, refer to the mapping table in the EPUB Type to ARIA Role Authoring Guide. For the official list of allowed elements, refer to ARIA in HTML.

Applies To

EPUB 3 EPUB 2 Audiobooks
Yes No Partial *

* Applies to the table of contents and any supplementary HTML resources.

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