Techniques/HTML/H1 elements should be used for titling the web site and subpage information of a HTML/xhtml based web resource

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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:

• Success Criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled))
  • How to Meet 2.4.2 (Page Titled)
  • 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/

Resources

Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.

• WebAIM Survey results
• Web Accessibility Best Practices

Related Techniques

• G88: Providing descriptive titles for Web pages

Tests

Procedure

Here are OAA rules that support testing: [1]

Expected Results

• See OAA test results