How Does AxsJAX Leverage W3C ARIA?
W3C ARIA is a collection of specifications that is presently under development at the W3C. Early support for W3C ARIA is available in Firefox 2.0, and its features are beginning to be leveraged by newer versions of screen readers. W3C ARIA works by enhancing the DOM with accessibility specific properties. The AxsJAX framework enables the injection of such DOM properties into existing Web applications via JavaScript. It provides a light-weight yet flexibile mechanism for experimenting with various design patterns for enhancing the accessibility of AJAX applications.