Reffy and custom ReSpec tooling

[annevk]

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It seems like almost nothing ARIA defines is in https://dontcallmedom.github.io/webdex/.

I suspect this might be in part because ARIA uses some kind of custom ReSpec tooling? At least, I couldn't find any information about <pdef> and other unknown-to-me elements on https://respec.org/docs/. Is this due to #1379 perhaps?

This custom ReSpec tooling also makes it a bit hard to determine what to do if we want to change things. E.g., more clearly separate attributes and properties as illustrated by #1896.

Input from the editors would be much appreciated.

[pkra]

I believe pdef and sdef are rewritten in https://github.com/w3c/aria-common/blob/b3b79810b63e1f1a6f937edb89e45487287de8a2/script/aria.js#L30

[pkra]

As per editors' call today, @jnurthen will file an issue with reffy to move this forward.