The definition role does not permit aria-labelledby

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/definition_role

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Description

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

According to https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.3/#definition, the definition should not reference the term using aria-labelledby as that's a prohibited property but the MDN documentation suggests to do that.

What did you expect to see?

A recommendation not to use aria-labelledby or aria-label matching the wai-aria spec.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

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MDN metadata

• Folder: en-us/web/accessibility/aria/reference/roles/definition_role
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/definition_role
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/accessibility/aria/reference/roles/definition_role/index.md
• Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/a8b25483994fa47cf949b432ddf34a6bce2ddb2e
• Document last modified: 2025-05-12T15:08:46.000Z