From: "Designer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There really is not an accessibility "validator" in the same sense
as there is an HTML or CSS validator. Accessibility is not black
and white. I believe your original code is fine:
<h1> EVERY STREET IN MANCHESTER </h1>
<a href="esim/btsa.html">About the book</a>
<a href="esim/btsa_pt2.html">What the critics say</a>
<h1> MANCHESTER KISS </h1>
<a href="mk/introduction.html">Introduction</a>
<a href="mk/introduction_pt2.html">What the author says</a>
<a href="mk/introduction_pt3.html">What the critics say</a>
An assistive reader, in the vast majority of cases, is not going
to machine-gun "What the critics say". It's going to read the
headings, then the content/links that come below.
This might be a case of overanalyzing things a bit. The goal is not
to satisfy a machine-based checker, but to provide a usable and
accessible page.
Thanks Al, I appreciate your input on this. Point is, I am new to
giving accessibility some <serious> consideration (other than the
obvious simple things) and my only teacher at this stage are the
various checkers such as those which come in the FF dev toolbar.
Only this last week I decided to put a few sites on the W3C site
thing (http://www.w3csites.com/) and, of course, you have to specify
certain ratings such as html validation as well as WAI/section 508
validation. I thought this was an interesting challenge/tutorial to
see what was needed to get my sites to pass automatic WAI3
validation. It has been a very educational exercise and there has
been a couple of things (like the case discussed here) which I would
never have dreamed of. Clearly, accessibility is a big area and
currently outside of my expertise, but it's a start.
Or do you think it's a misleading one, perhaps?
No. Just confusing :-) It's much more a subjective area than is CSS or
general markup, for example. I would sign off on the heading/DD
scenario you have, with the duplicated link text. But that's not to
say you should. You might want to subscribe to the WebAim
accessibility mailing list and see if you can get a clear concensus
there.
http://list.webaim.org/
Best of luck.
--
Al Sparber - PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
Extending Dreamweaver - Nav Systems | Galleries | Widgets
Authors: "42nd Street: Mastering the Art of CSS Design"
*******************************************************************
List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm
Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm
Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*******************************************************************
