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See old exchange on this topic below. Now I refer to Techniques working draft (latest) of Oct 2010. See http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/html.html H42 refers to proper use of headings for SC 1.3.1 and H69 for use of headings to skip blocks (SC 2.4.1). But part of the description under H69 which was correctly placed under h42 is now moved to h69... and is completely out of place. Refer to: "In some technologies, headings are designed to convey logical hierarchy. Skipping levels in the sequence of headings may create the impression that the structure of the document has not been properly thought through or that specific headings have been chosen for their visual rendering rather than their meaning. Authors are encouraged to nest headings hierarchically. When headings are nested hierarchically, the most important information is given the highest logical level, and subsections are given subsequent logical levels.(i.e., h2 is a subsection of h1). ..." Again this Web page is about HTML techniques so why does this description start with "In some technologies"? Does it apply to HTML / XHTML or not? And the note for example #2 of H42 refers to skipping blocks of content. Refer to: "Note: It is important to note that the example code below is intended to show how headings can be used to bypass blocks of information. It is not intended to prescribe what level of heading should be used for a particular section of the web page." So why is this note and example under H42? Completely out of place again. The technique is one and the same: proper use of headings. And it serves two purposes and SCs. So merge the techniques into one instead of running around in circles. I had suggested this in 2009. There are several techniques that refer to multiple SC. So I fail to understand your resistance for this one. Sailesh Panchang Web Accessibility Specialist www.deque.com --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com> wrote: From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com> Subject: Re: HTML Headings technique: duplicated To: "Sailesh Panchang" <spanchang02@yahoo.com> Cc: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 5:58 PM On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@yahoo.com> wrote: H42: Using h1-h6 to identify headings relates to SC 1.3.1 H69: Providing heading elements at the beginning of each section of content relates to SC 2.4.1 Comment: Both descriptions are essentially the same. I suggest they be merged into a single technique and reference both SC Thanks, Sailesh Panchang ================================ Response from the Working Group ================================ H42 should describe the use of heading mark-up to label headings semantically, but also contained a good deal of discussion about how to use headings. We have moved the discussion and examples of ways to use headings to organize content from H42 to H69. See http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-TECHS/H42.html and http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-TECHS/H69.html .