- From: Andrew Kirkpatrick <andrew_kirkpatrick@wgbh.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:34:31 -0500
- To: Shane Anderson <Shane@cpd2.usu.edu>, chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca
- Cc: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
To clarify, this should be an empty anchor that contains an href attribute. <a href="http://www.boston.com"></a> is valid, and in some cases will be understandable to a screen reader user (as much so as <a href="http://www.boston.com">http://www.boston.com</a> is). However, this won't be understandable for many URIs, such as what you see on a database generated site, nor will they be accessible to sighted users, or easy to locate for keyboard users. AWK On 3/29/04 12:32 PM, "Shane Anderson" <Shane@cpd2.usu.edu> wrote: > hi all, > > I have a few questions about the anchor tag that arose from reading Chris' > post. > > Why is an empty anchor tag considered an error? Is it because it is > syntactically incorrect, or is it because some user agents do not use them > correctly? > > Please include authoritative documentation in answering these questions, if > possible. > > Thanks > > Shane Anderson > Programmer Analyst > Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM.org) >
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