From 4fe5eb33b61e07515b42575bc3d3df6970feba4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 09:30:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] update the examples for aria-required-owned rule

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 22 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 038a7edd81..0118ad5c7c 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ acknowledgments:
 
 ## Applicability
 
-This rule applies to any [HTML or SVG element][] that is [included in the accessibility tree][] and has a [WAI-ARIA 1.2][] [explicit semantic role][] with [required owned elements][], except if the element has an [inclusive ancestor][] in the accessibility tree with an `aria-busy` [attribute value][] of `true`.
+This rule applies to any [HTML or SVG element][] that is [included in the accessibility tree][] and has a [WAI-ARIA 1.2][] [explicit or implicit semantic role][] with [required owned elements][], except if the element has an [inclusive ancestor][] in the accessibility tree with an `aria-busy` [attribute value][] of `true`.
 
 ## Expectation
 
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ This element with the `menu` role only owns elements with the `menuitem`, `menui
 
 ```html
 <div role="menu">
-	<li role="none"></li>
-	<li role="menuitem">Item 1</li>
+	<div role="none"></li>
+	<div role="menuitem">Item 1</li>
 	<div role="menuitemradio" aria-checked="false">Item 2</div>
 	<div role="menuitemcheckbox" aria-checked="false">Item 3</div>
 </div>
@@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ This element with the `menu` role only owns an element with a `group` role. The
 </div>
 ```
 
+#### Passed Example 7
+
+The element `ul` with an implicit `list` role owns an element `li` with an implicit role `listitem` role.
+
+```html
+<ul>
+	<li>Item 1</li>
+</ul>
+```
+
 ### Failed
 
 #### Failed Example 1
@@ -237,11 +247,11 @@ This element with the `list` role is not included in the accessibility tree beca
 
 #### Inapplicable Example 2
 
-This `ul` element does not have an [explicit semantic role][].
+This `div` element with the `list` role is not included in the accessibility tree because it is hidden .
 
 ```html
-<ul>
-	<li>Item 1</li>
+<div role='list' hidden>
+	<div role='listitem'>Item 1</li>
 </ul>
 ```
 

From 834c355b73236535519d0e6025f52a543b81724b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 10:54:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] update the test cases

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 0118ad5c7c..a3b91a3b59 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ This element with the `menu` role only owns elements with the `menuitem`, `menui
 
 ```html
 <div role="menu">
-	<div role="none"></li>
-	<div role="menuitem">Item 1</li>
+	<div role="none"></div>
+	<div role="menuitem">Item 1</div>
 	<div role="menuitemradio" aria-checked="false">Item 2</div>
 	<div role="menuitemcheckbox" aria-checked="false">Item 3</div>
 </div>
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ This `div` element with the `list` role is not included in the accessibility tre
 
 ```html
 <div role='list' hidden>
-	<div role='listitem'>Item 1</li>
+	<div role='listitem'>Item 1</div>
 </ul>
 ```
 

From f80ebcbfd962620fac181fe370e6f6178ee71f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 13:41:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] fix syntax errors

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index a3b91a3b59..cfc5cbee5a 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ This element with the `list` role is not included in the accessibility tree beca
 This `div` element with the `list` role is not included in the accessibility tree because it is hidden .
 
 ```html
-<div role='list' hidden>
-	<div role='listitem'>Item 1</div>
-</ul>
+<div role="list" hidden>
+	<div role="listitem">Item 1</div>
+</div>
 ```
 
 #### Inapplicable Example 3

From e24804746eb162fddbff7bbebf097d229b916392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo Yan <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:22:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] remove implicit/explicit from the description

Co-authored-by: Wilco Fiers <WilcoFiers@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index cfc5cbee5a..7d02b0d087 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ acknowledgments:
 
 ## Applicability
 
-This rule applies to any [HTML or SVG element][] that is [included in the accessibility tree][] and has a [WAI-ARIA 1.2][] [explicit or implicit semantic role][] with [required owned elements][], except if the element has an [inclusive ancestor][] in the accessibility tree with an `aria-busy` [attribute value][] of `true`.
+This rule applies to any [HTML or SVG element][] that is [included in the accessibility tree][] and has a [WAI-ARIA 1.2][] [semantic role][] with [required owned elements][], except if the element has an [inclusive ancestor][] in the accessibility tree with an `aria-busy` [attribute value][] of `true`.
 
 ## Expectation
 

From b10da17b6219beaa90a7916c5488410c79f8494e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:30:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] add more Pass and Fail test cases

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 55 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 7d02b0d087..8dad680bee 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ This element with the `menu` role only owns an element with a `group` role. The
 
 #### Passed Example 7
 
-The element `ul` with an implicit `list` role owns an element `li` with an implicit role `listitem` role.
+The element `ul` with an implicit `list` role owns an element `li` with an implicit `listitem` role.
 
 ```html
 <ul>
@@ -149,6 +149,32 @@ The element `ul` with an implicit `list` role owns an element `li` with an impli
 </ul>
 ```
 
+#### Passed Example 8
+
+The element `select` with an implicit `listbox` role owns elements `option` with implicit `option` roles.
+
+```html
+<select multiple>
+	<option>Item 1</option>
+	<option>Item 2</option>
+	<option>Item 3</option>
+</select>
+```
+
+#### Passed Example 8
+
+The element `table` with an implicit `table` role owns an element `tr` with implicit `row` role that owns elements `td` with implicit `cell` roles.
+
+```html
+<table>
+	<tr>
+		<td>Item 1</td>
+		<td>Item 2</td>
+		<td>Item 3</td>
+	</tr>
+</table>
+```
+
 ### Failed
 
 #### Failed Example 1
@@ -235,6 +261,32 @@ This element with the `list` role owns an element with the `listitem` role and a
 </div>
 ```
 
+#### Failed Example 8
+
+This element with the `menu` role owns `option` elements with implicit `option` role. The `option` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `menu`.
+
+```html
+<select role="menu">
+	<option>Item 1</option>
+	<option>Item 2</option>
+	<option>Item 3</option>
+</select>
+```
+
+#### Failed Example 9
+
+This element with the `menu` role owns `tr` elements with implicit `row` role. The `row` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `menu`. In addition, the `tr` element with implicit `row` role owns `td` elements with explicit `menuitem` roles. The `menuitem` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `row`.
+
+```html
+<table role="menu">
+	<tr>
+		<td role="menuitem">Item 1</td>
+		<td role="menuitem">Item 2</td>
+		<td role="menuitem">Item 3</td>
+	</tr>
+</table>
+```
+
 ### Inapplicable
 
 #### Inapplicable Example 1
@@ -287,3 +339,4 @@ This element with the `menu` role has an `aria-busy` attribute set to `true`.
 [wai-aria graphics module]: https://www.w3.org/TR/graphics-aria-1.0/ 'WAI-ARIA Graphics Module 1.0'
 [html or svg element]: #namespaced-element
 [inclusive ancestor]: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-tree-inclusive-ancestor 'DOM Definition of Inclusive Ancestor'
+[implicit wai-aria semantics]: https://w3c.github.io/aria/#implicit_semantics

From ccb1ec2745030f9c55fd3a8dce096521355d7585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:44:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] fix formatting issue

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 8dad680bee..be18d18942 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: ARIA required owned elements
 rules_format: 1.1
 rule_type: atomic
 description: |
-  This rule checks that an element with an explicit semantic role has at least one of its required owned elements.
+  This rule checks that an element with a semantic role has at least one of its required owned elements.
 accessibility_requirements:
   wcag20:1.3.1: # Info and Relationships (A)
     forConformance: true
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ The element `select` with an implicit `listbox` role owns elements `option` with
 </select>
 ```
 
-#### Passed Example 8
+#### Passed Example 9
 
 The element `table` with an implicit `table` role owns an element `tr` with implicit `row` role that owns elements `td` with implicit `cell` roles.
 
@@ -339,4 +339,3 @@ This element with the `menu` role has an `aria-busy` attribute set to `true`.
 [wai-aria graphics module]: https://www.w3.org/TR/graphics-aria-1.0/ 'WAI-ARIA Graphics Module 1.0'
 [html or svg element]: #namespaced-element
 [inclusive ancestor]: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-tree-inclusive-ancestor 'DOM Definition of Inclusive Ancestor'
-[implicit wai-aria semantics]: https://w3c.github.io/aria/#implicit_semantics

From 9dc4c6df4d26d0036c61c920d7ce6325eb5d6c55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:16:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] add more test cases

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 57356d69dd..e1c6f1fae5 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ The element `select` with an implicit `listbox` role owns elements `option` with
 
 #### Passed Example 9
 
-The element `table` with an implicit `table` role owns an element `tr` with implicit `row` role that owns elements `td` with implicit `cell` roles.
+The element `table` with an implicit `table` role owns an element `tr` with implicit `row` role that in turn owns elements `td` with implicit `cell` roles.
 
 ```html
 <table>
@@ -175,6 +175,20 @@ The element `table` with an implicit `table` role owns an element `tr` with impl
 </table>
 ```
 
+#### Passed Example 10
+
+The element `table` with an explicit `treegrid` role owns an element `tr` with implicit `row` role that in turn owns elements `td` with implicit `gridcell` roles.
+
+```html
+<table role="treegrid">
+	<tr>
+		<td>Item 1</td>
+		<td>Item 2</td>
+		<td>Item 3</td>
+	</tr>
+</table>
+```
+
 ### Failed
 
 #### Failed Example 1

From c72353480a64223ae1d7018f608746bff8e182fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:57:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] update the test cases

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index e1c6f1fae5..4e97d87d5d 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ The element `table` with an implicit `table` role owns an element `tr` with impl
 The element `table` with an explicit `treegrid` role owns an element `tr` with implicit `row` role that in turn owns elements `td` with implicit `gridcell` roles.
 
 ```html
-<table role="treegrid">
+<table role="treegrid" aria-label="a test grid">
 	<tr>
 		<td>Item 1</td>
 		<td>Item 2</td>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ This element with the `list` role owns an element with the `listitem` role and a
 This element with the `menu` role owns `option` elements with implicit `option` role. The `option` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `menu`.
 
 ```html
-<select role="menu">
+<select role="menu" aria-label="a test menu">
 	<option>Item 1</option>
 	<option>Item 2</option>
 	<option>Item 3</option>
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ This element with the `menu` role owns `option` elements with implicit `option`
 
 #### Failed Example 9
 
-This element with the `menu` role owns `tr` elements with implicit `row` role. The `row` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `menu`. In addition, the `tr` element with implicit `row` role owns `td` elements with explicit `menuitem` roles. The `menuitem` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `row`.
+This element with the `menu` role owns `tr` elements with an explicit `list` role. The `list` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `menu`. In addition, the `tr` element with the explicit `list` role owns `td` elements with explicit `menuitem` roles. The `menuitem` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `list`.
 
 ```html
-<table role="menu">
-	<tr>
-		<td role="menuitem">Item 1</td>
-		<td role="menuitem">Item 2</td>
-		<td role="menuitem">Item 3</td>
+<table role="menu" aria-label="a test table" aria-activedescendant="item1" tabindex="0">
+	<tr role="list">
+		<td id="item1" role="menuitem">Item 1</td>
+		<td id="item2" role="menuitem">Item 2</td>
+		<td id="item3" role="menuitem">Item 3</td>
 	</tr>
 </table>
 ```

From 5c5e282a5527945b11c7977426b51ce56222dafe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:09:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] remove unused explcit_semantic_role

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 4e97d87d5d..8ec741e32c 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The applicability of this rule is limited to the [WAI-ARIA 1.2 Recommendation][w
 
 ### Assumptions
 
-If the [explicit semantic role][] on the target element is incorrectly used, and any relationships between elements are already programmatically determinable, failing this rule may not result in accessibility issues for users of assistive technologies, and it should then not be considered a failure under [WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#info-and-relationships).
+If the [semantic role][] on the target element is incorrectly used, and any relationships between elements are already programmatically determinable, failing this rule may not result in accessibility issues for users of assistive technologies, and it should then not be considered a failure under [WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#info-and-relationships).
 
 ### Accessibility Support
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ This element with the `menu` role only owns elements with the `menuitem`, `menui
 
 #### Passed Example 4
 
-This element with the `tablist` role only owns elements with the `tab` role. The `tab` role is one of the [required owned elements][] for `tablist`. The `li` element is ignored because it has an [explicit semantic role][] of `none`.
+This element with the `tablist` role only owns elements with the `tab` role. The `tab` role is one of the [required owned elements][] for `tablist`. The `li` element is ignored because it has an [semantic role][] of `none`.
 
 ```html
 <ul role="tablist">
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ This element with the `menu` role has an `aria-busy` attribute set to `true`.
 [required owned elements]: https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#mustContain 'Define Required owned element'
 [owns]: #owned-by
 [owned by]: #owned-by
-[explicit semantic role]: #explicit-role
 [semantic role]: #semantic-role
 [included in the accessibility tree]: #included-in-the-accessibility-tree
 [wai-aria 1.2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/

From 488c53a9202fac82b4eee4a7e4161a54546d9e27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shunguo <shunguoy@us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 09:28:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Add one more Failed example

---
 _rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
index 8ec741e32c..88555201bb 100755
--- a/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
+++ b/_rules/aria-required-owned-element-bc4a75.md
@@ -301,6 +301,17 @@ This element with the `menu` role owns `tr` elements with an explicit `list` rol
 </table>
 ```
 
+#### Failed Example 10
+
+This element with the implicit `list` role owns an element with the implicit `generic` role. The `generic` role is not one of the [required owned elements][] for `list`. Note that this example is for demonstration purpose only because it's not a valid HTML 5 structure.
+
+```html
+<ul>
+	<div></div>
+	<div></div>
+</ul>
+```
+
 ### Inapplicable
 
 #### Inapplicable Example 1