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HTML Techniques

H2: Combining adjacent image and text links for the same resource (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H4: Creating a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H24: Providing text alternatives for the area elements of image maps (requires changes) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H25: Providing a title using the title element (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H27: Providing text and non-text alternatives for object (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H28: Providing definitions for abbreviations by using the abbr and acronym elements (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H30: Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor elements (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H32: Providing submit buttons (requires changes) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H33: Supplementing link text with the title attribute (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H34: Using a Unicode right-to-left mark (RLM) or left-to-right mark (LRM) to mix text direction inline (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H35: Providing text alternatives on applet elements (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H36: Using alt attributes on images used as submit buttons (requires changes) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H37: Using alt attributes on img elements (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H39: Using caption elements to associate data table captions with data tables (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H40: Using definition lists (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H42: Using h1-h6 to identify headings (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H43: Using id and headers attributes to associate data cells with header cells in data tables (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H44: Using label elements to associate text labels with form controls (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H45: Using longdesc (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H46: Using noembed with embed (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H48: Using ol, ul and dl for lists or groups of links (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H49: Using semantic markup to mark emphasized or special text (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H50: ~~Using map to group links~~ File no longer found -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H51: Using table markup to present tabular information (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H53: Using the body of the object element (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H54: Using the dfn element to identify the defining instance of a word (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H56: Using the dir attribute on an inline element to resolve problems with nested directional runs (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H57: Using language attributes on the html element (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H58: Using language attributes to identify changes in the human language (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H59: Using the link element and navigation tools (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H60: Using the link element to link to a glossary (applicable as is) -Alistair Garrison, 20-02-2014
H62: Using the ruby element (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H63: Using the scope attribute to associate header cells and data cells in data tables (requires changes) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H64: Using the title attribute of the frame and iframe elements (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H65: Using the title attribute to identify form controls when the label element cannot be used (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H67: Using null alt text and no title attribute on img elements for images that AT should ignore (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H69: Providing heading elements at the beginning of each section of content (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H70: Using frame elements to group blocks of repeated material
H71: Providing a description for groups of form controls using fieldset and legend elements (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H73: Using the summary attribute of the table element to give an overview of data tables
H74: Ensuring that opening and closing tags are used according to specification (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H75: Ensuring that Web pages are well-formed (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H76: Using meta refresh to create an instant client-side redirect
H77: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing list item (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H78: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing paragraph (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H79: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing table cell and associated table headings (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H80: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with the preceding heading element (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H81: Identifying the purpose of a link in a nested list using link text combined with the parent list item under which the list is nested (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H83: Using the target attribute to open a new window on user request and indicating this in link text
H84: Using a button with a select element to perform an action (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H85: Using OPTGROUP to group OPTION elements inside a SELECT
H86: Providing text alternatives for ASCII art, emoticons, and leetspeak
H87: Not interfering with the user agent's reflow of text as the viewing window is narrowed
H88: Using HTML according to spec (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H89: Using the title attribute to provide context-sensitive help (requires changes) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H90: Indicating required form controls using label or legend (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H91: Using HTML form controls and links (requires changes) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H92: Including a text cue for colored form control labels (requires changes) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H93: Ensuring that id attributes are unique on a Web page (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014
H94: Ensuring that elements do not contain duplicate attributes (applicable as is) -Kathy Wahlbin, 31-01-2014