New SC: Meaningful element name

• From: Sailesh Panchang <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>
• Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:53:45 -0400
• To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
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Proposed SC: Element name exposed to assistive technology is
meaningful and describes element's purpose.  Level AA

This may be under Guideline 2.4

Rationale:
Links are covered by 2.4.4, controls such as buttons by 1.1.1
But landmarks, region names  and such that are often named via
aria-label are not.
e.g. a main landmark with aria-label="Plan A Trip landmark, main navigation".
or with aria-label text that runs together with no space between words.

And the Understanding doc should suggest that the name should be
concise, clear, avoid redundant words etc.

Thanks,
Sailesh

Received on Friday, 15 July 2016 14:54:13 UTC