From 2aba17e575aa1b3f3b822dab3c174faf695524a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carolyn MacLeod <Carolyn_MacLeod@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:53:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] - split intro sentence into 2 sentences - add note saying
 authors should not use in content - add editor's note about global properties
 triage

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 index.html | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 4c56c434f..b631aa589 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2945,8 +2945,11 @@ <h2>Definition of Roles</h2>
 		<div class="role" id="generic">
 			<rdef>generic</rdef>
 			<div class="role-description">
-				<p>A nameless container <a>element</a> that has no semantic meaning on its own, but can provide accessible states and properties for its descendants.</p>
+				<p>A nameless container <a>element</a> that has no semantic meaning on its own.</p>
 				<p>Contrast with <rref>group</rref>, which semantically groups its descendants in a named container.</p>
+				<p>A <code>generic</code> can provide a limited number of accessible states and properties for its descendants, such as <sref>aria-hidden</sref> and <pref>aria-live</pref>.</p>
+				<p class="note"><code>generic</code> is a superclass role used for the ontology. With the exception of providing <code>generic</code> <a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/custom-elements.html">Custom Elements</a>, authors should not use this role in content.</p>
+				<p class="ednote">A triage of global properties is pending. This will reduce the number of inherited states and properties in the characteristics table below. For details, see <a href="https://github.com/w3c/aria/issues/999">issue #999</a>.</p>
 			</div>
 			<table class="role-features">
 				<caption>Characteristics:</caption>