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# ARIA Query
Programmatic access to the [WAI-ARIA 1.1 Roles Model](https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.1/#roles).
## Building the `src/etc` files.
The files under `src/etc` are generated by the `breakUpAriaJSON` script.
To change them, edit the file `scripts/roles.json` then run:
```
$ node ./scripts/breakUpAriaJSON.js
$ git add scripts/roles.json src/etc
```
It should work with Node version 6.11.2 or later.
## Utilities
### Roles
```
import { roles } from 'aria-query';
```
A [Map](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map) of
role names to the role definition. For example:
```
let alertRole = roles.get('alert');
/**
* Value of alertRole
* {
* "requiredProps": {},
* "props": {
* "aria-atomic": "true",
* "aria-busy": null,
* "aria-controls": null,
* "aria-current": null,
* "aria-describedby": null,
* "aria-details": null,
* "aria-disabled": null,
* "aria-dropeffect": null,
* "aria-errormessage": null,
* "aria-expanded": null,
* "aria-flowto": null,
* "aria-grabbed": null,
* "aria-haspopup": null,
* "aria-hidden": null,
* "aria-invalid": null,
* "aria-keyshortcuts": null,
* "aria-label": null,
* "aria-labelledby": null,
* "aria-live": "assertive",
* "aria-owns": null,
* "aria-relevant": null,
* "aria-roledescription": null
* },
* "abstract": false,
* "childrenPresentational": false,
* "baseConcepts": [],
* "relatedConcepts": [ {
* "module": "XForms",
* "concept": {
* "name": "alert"
* }
* }],
* "superClass": [["roletype", "structure", "section"]]
* }
```
### Elements to Roles
```
import { elementRoles } from 'aria-query';
```
HTML Elements with inherent roles are mapped to those roles. In the case of an element like ``, the element often requires a `type` attribute to map to an ARIA role.
```
Map {
'{"name": "article"}' => Set { 'article' },
'{"name": "button"}' => Set { 'button' },
'{"name": "td"}' => Set { 'cell', 'gridcell' },
'{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "checkbox"}] }' => Set { 'checkbox' },
'{"name": "th"}' => Set { 'columnheader' },
'{"name": "select"}' => Set { 'combobox', 'listbox' },
'{"name": "menuitem"}' => Set { 'command', 'menuitem' },
'{"name": "dd"}' => Set { 'definition' },
'{"name": "dfn"}' => Set { 'definition' },
'{"name": "figure"}' => Set { 'figure' },
'{"name": "form"}' => Set { 'form' },
'{"name": "table"}' => Set { 'grid', 'table' },
'{"name": "fieldset"}' => Set { 'group' },
'{"name": "h1"}' => Set { 'heading' },
'{"name": "h2"}' => Set { 'heading' },
'{"name": "h3"}' => Set { 'heading' },
'{"name": "h4"}' => Set { 'heading' },
'{"name": "h5"}' => Set { 'heading' },
'{"name": "h6"}' => Set { 'heading' },
'{"name": "img"}' => Set { 'img' },
'{"name": "a"}' => Set { 'link' },
'{"name": "link"}' => Set { 'link' },
'{"name": "ol"}' => Set { 'list' },
'{"name": "ul"}' => Set { 'list' },
'{"name": "li"}' => Set { 'listitem' },
'{"name": "nav"}' => Set { 'navigation' },
'{"name": "option"}' => Set { 'option' },
'{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "radio"}] }' => Set { 'radio' },
'{"name": "frame"}' => Set { 'region' },
'{"name": "rel"}' => Set { 'roletype' },
'{"name": "tr"}' => Set { 'row' },
'{"name": "tbody"}' => Set { 'rowgroup' },
'{"name": "tfoot"}' => Set { 'rowgroup' },
'{"name": "thead"}' => Set { 'rowgroup' },
'{"name": "th", "attributes": [ {"name": "scope", "value": "row"}] }' => Set { 'rowheader' },
'{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "search"}] }' => Set { 'searchbox' },
'{"name": "hr"}' => Set { 'separator' },
'{"name": "dt"}' => Set { 'term' },
'{"name": "textarea"}' => Set { 'textbox' },
'{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "text"}] }' => Set { 'textbox' }
}
```
The map of elements to roles is keyed by an HTML concept. An HTML concept corresponds to the `baseConcepts` and `relatedConcepts` of an ARIA role. Concepts exist in the context of a `module`: HTML, XForms, Dublin Core, for example. The concept representation is an object literal with a name property (the element name) and an optional attributes array.
The roles are provided in a [Set](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Set).
### Role to element
```
import { roleElements } from 'aria-query';
```
ARIA roles are mapped to the HTML Elements with the same inherent role. Some roles, such as `columnheader` are only mapped to an HMTL element that expresses specific attributes. In the case of ``, the element often requires a `type` attribute to map to an ARIA role.
```
Map {
'article' => Set { '{"name": "article"}' },
'button' => Set { '{"name": "button"}' },
'cell' => Set { '{"name": "td"}' },
'checkbox' => Set { '{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "checkbox"}] }' },
'columnheader' => Set { '{"name": "th"}' },
'combobox' => Set { '{"name": "select"}' },
'command' => Set { '{"name": "menuitem"}' },
'definition' => Set { '{"name": "dd"}', '{"name": "dfn"}' },
'figure' => Set { '{"name": "figure"}' },
'form' => Set { '{"name": "form"}' },
'grid' => Set { '{"name": "table"}' },
'gridcell' => Set { '{"name": "td"}' },
'group' => Set { '{"name": "fieldset"}' },
'heading' => Set { '{"name": "h1"}', '{"name": "h2"}', '{"name": "h3"}', '{"name": "h4"}', '{"name": "h5"}', '{"name": "h6"}' },
'img' => Set { '{"name": "img"}' },
'link' => Set { '{"name": "a"}', '{"name": "link"}' },
'list' => Set { '{"name": "ol"}', '{"name": "ul"}' },
'listbox' => Set { '{"name": "select"}' },
'listitem' => Set { '{"name": "li"}' },
'menuitem' => Set { '{"name": "menuitem"}' },
'navigation' => Set { '{"name": "nav"}' },
'option' => Set { '{"name": "option"}' },
'radio' => Set { '{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "radio"}] }' },
'region' => Set { '{"name": "frame"}' },
'roletype' => Set { '{"name": "rel"}' },
'row' => Set { '{"name": "tr"}' },
'rowgroup' => Set { '{"name": "tbody"}', '{"name": "tfoot"}', '{"name": "thead"}' },
'rowheader' => Set { '{"name": "th", "attributes": [ {"name": "scope", "value": "row"}] }' },
'searchbox' => Set { '{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "search"}] }' },
'separator' => Set { '{"name": "hr"}' },
'table' => Set { '{"name": "table"}' },
'term' => Set { '{"name": "dt"}' },
'textbox' => Set { '{"name": "textarea"}', '{"name": "input", "attributes": [ {"name": "type", "value": "text"}] }' }
}
```
The HTML concept values are provided in a [Set](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Set).
## License
Copyright (c) 2020 A11yance