DRAFT DOCUMENT

This is a draft document supplied by the WCAG Techniques Task Force. It in no way represents a WCAG Working Group consensus or agreement and is provided for informational and discussion purposes only. The accessibility test listed below should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0
Test 195 - Link text does not begin with "link to" or "go to" (English).

W3C Editor's Draft 2005-08-11

Editors:: Chris Ridpath, ATRC, University Of Toronto; Jenae Andershonis, Microsoft Inc.

Abstract

This test case was created by the ATRC at the University Of Toronto. It should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

The complete list of tests may be found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/

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Status Of This Test

As part of the conformance test process, this test has a status of 'holding'.

WCAG2 Guideline

This test is not required for conformance to the current WCAG2. It is provided for discussion and informational purposes only.

Techniques

There are no techniques related to this test.

Prerequisite Tests

There are no prerequisite tests for this test.

Test Process

Procedure

View the link text for each source a (anchor) element.
Note: A source a (anchor) element must contain an href attribute.
Note: The link text may be contained in the body text of the a (anchor) element or the Alt text of an image used as a link.

Expected Results

Link text does not begin with "link to" or "go to" (English)

Fail Instructions

Modify the link text so it does not start with "link to" or "go to".

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.

Language Specific

This test contains language specific directions and is dependent upon the language of the content. It may be applied only to content written in the following languages:

Language Specific Values
Language	Redundant link text
eng
	link to
	go to

Test Files

These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test. They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test. Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.

195-1.html Will fail the test. (Link text begins with "link to".)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #195 - Positive</title> </head> <body> <a href="home.html">link to home page</a> </body> </html>
195-2.html Will pass the test. (Link text does not begin with "link to".)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #195 - Negative</title> </head> <body> <a href="home.html">home page</a> </body> </html>
195-3.html Will fail the test. (Alt text for image used as link begins with "link to".)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #195 - Positive</title> </head> <body> <a href="home.html"><img src="home.jpg" alt="link to home page"/></a> </body> </html>
195-4.html Will pass the test. (Alt text for image used as link does not begin with "link to".)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #195 - Negative</title> </head> <body> <a href="home.html"><img src="home.jpg" alt="home page"/></a> </body> </html>