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a11y: Add block quote role

Michael Weghorn requested to merge michaelweghorn/gtk:michaelweghorn/a11y_add_blockquote_role into main

Add a new GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_BLOCK_QUOTE role for block quotes/block quotations.

ARIA has a corresponding "blockquote" role as well. [1]

The role is used e.g. in document editors like LibreOffice or web browsers like Firefox.

According to the ARIA spec (§ 5.2.8.4, [2]), the blockquote role is among those that can be named by the author, and the superclass role is section. [1]

Related change for LibreOffice making use of the new role: [3]

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#blockquote [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#namefromauthor [3] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/158685

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