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[[Category:HTML Techniques]]
[[Category:Techniques Declined]]

See also [[Main_Page/H1Response | Response to this technique]].

== H1 elements should be used for titling the web site and subpage information of a HTML/xhtml based web resource ==
* Submitter's Name: Jon Gunderson
* Submitter's Email: jongund@illinois.edu


=== Applicability ===

(X)HTML

This technique relates to:


* [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#navigation-mechanisms-title Success Criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled))]
** [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/#qr-navigation-mechanisms-title How to Meet 2.4.2 (Page Titled)]
** [http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-title.html Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled)]


=== Description ===

For: Success Criteria 2.4.2 Page Titled: Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose. (Level A) 

Related to Technique G88: Providing descriptive titles for Web pages
http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20101014/G88

The use of H1 as part of a page titling solution is deemed important by a Webaim study:
http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey3/#headings

Here is a best practices use case with wide implementation:
http://html.cita.illinois.edu/nav/title/title-rules.php

Here is OpenAjax Accessibility rules that have been developed to test for the the use of H1 in titling:
http://www.oaa-accessibility.org/rules/html/29/


=== Examples of successful application of the Technique ===

==== Example 1: [http://www.ahs.illinois.edu/ AHS Website] ====

==== Example 2: [http://www.oaa-accessibility.org/ OAA Support Website] ====


=== Resources ===

Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.

* [http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey3/#headings WebAIM Survey results]
* [http://html.cita.illinois.edu/nav/title/title-rules.php Web Accessibility Best Practices]

=== Related Techniques ===

* [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G88.html G88: Providing descriptive titles for Web pages]


=== Tests ===
==== Procedure ====

Here are OAA rules that support testing:
[http://www.oaa-accessibility.org/rules/html/29/]

Expected Results

* See OAA test results