Clarify whether doc-pagebreak's name indicate the page number before or after the break? · Issue #27 · w3c/dpub-aria · GitHub
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Clarify whether doc-pagebreak's name indicate the page number before or after the break? #27

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It's not obvious to me whether the page number assigned to a page break is for the page before or after the break. I'm guessing it's the page before, because there is no page break at the very top of the document, so there would be no way to indicate that page number.

Here's the current spec text:

					<p>A separator denoting the position before which a break occurs between two contiguous pages in
						a statically paginated version of the content.</p>
					<p>Page break locators are also commonly used to provide static markers in purely digital
						publications (i.e., where no statically paginated equivalent exists). These markers provide
						consistent navigation regardless of differences in font and screen size that can otherwise
						affect the dynamic pagination of the content.</p>
					<p>The name of the page break SHOULD be an end user-consumable page number so that assistive
						technologies can announce the page as needed (e.g., in a command to indentify the current
						page).</p>
					<aside class="example">
						<p>The following example shows three equivalent patterns for marking up page breaks in
							digital publications. Either the <code>aria-label</code> or <code>title</code>
							attributes can be used to assign the accessible name when an explicit page number is not
							provided.</p>

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