Re: Only one h1 per page?

Phill,

It is indeed a best practice - not a specific SC.

** katie **

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On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:51 AM Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Katie and working group,
> if we did indeed "moved back to the one-H1, then H2, etc."
> then the sufficient techniques and failure techniques will need another
> review and edit.  For example, https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42.html
> has as *Example 2: Headings in a 3-column layout*
> . . . in the example, the layout could be presented with the first
> heading in each column at the same logical level (such as an h1),
>
> I do not believe there ever was guidance or agreement that only one-h1 was
> required always and everywhere, or it would have been a Success Criterion
> by itself.  I believe it is more of a guidance or best practice that most
> of the time and in many places it is recommended to have only one h1.
> George's example of an e-pub ( web site) of a book with chapters where
> every chapter heading is tagged (programmatically identified) as an h1 is a
> good example.
> ___________
> Regards,
> Phill Jenkins
> Accessibility Executive
> IBM Accessibility
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> From:        Katie Haritos-Shea <ryladog@gmail.com>
> To:        Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
> Cc:        raquel.moreno.carmena@gmail.com, WAI Interest Group <
> w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Date:        12/10/2018 08:21 AM
> Subject:        Re: Only one h1 per page?
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>
>
> Raquel,
>
> Thanks Steve! The long and short of that article is that HTML 5 tried to
> implements new outline rules but it was never really implemented by the
> browsers - therefore - we moved back to the one-H1, then H2, etc.
>
> ** katie **
>
> *Katie Haritos-Shea *
>
>
> *Principal ICT Accessibility Architect, Vice President of Accessibility at
> EverFi, Board Member and W3C Advisory Committee Rep for Knowbility *
>
> *WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA/QA/FinServ/FinTech/Privacy, **IAAP CPACC+WAS
> = **CPWA* <http://www.accessibilityassociation.org/cpwacertificants>
>
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>
>
> People may forget exactly what it was that you said or did, but they will
> never forget how you made them feel.......
>
> Our scars remind us of where we have been........they do not have to
> dictate where we are going.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 8:42 AM Steve Faulkner <*faulkner.steve@gmail.com*
> <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>> wrote:
> hi Raquel,
>
> this may be helpful in regards to practicality of hading level usage
> *http://html5doctor.com/computer-says-no-to-html5-document-outline/*
> <http://html5doctor.com/computer-says-no-to-html5-document-outline/>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> *Current Standards Work @W3C*
> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 at 13:31, Raquel <*raquel.moreno.carmena@gmail.com*
> <raquel.moreno.carmena@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi,
> Recently, I made a talk about accessibility. I needed to talk about what
> I'd learnt after making a lot of mistakes, because of a lack of knowledge.
> I had a lack of empathy, because a lack of information/knowledge..
> I read a lot of documentation about accessibility and I found the
> recommendation about "only one h1 per page" in several resources, but now I
> realize that W3C doesn't include it explicitly.
> Now, I'm worry about it, because I also told it in my talk. I added a
> disclaimer at the beginning of the talk: I'm not a specialist on
> accessibility. But I would like to fix my errors if I told something wrong.
> I've continued reading about it and I've found several articles (not in
> WAI). They explain that it's a recommendation for previous versions of
> HTML, not for HTML5. You don't have to worry about the order of the rest of
> the headings if you add a <section>or <article>. In other words, you can
> start by h1 again in an <article>, for example. I wonder if assistive
> technology is ready for it.
> Please, where can I find more information about this issue? Is it a valid
> recommendation? Does this recommendation make sense with HTML5?
> I'll write a post about my talk very soon, so I can take that opportunity
> to clarify this issue. I can also fix my shared slides.
> Thanks in advance for your time!
> Best regards,
> Raquel
>
>
>