- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:16:43 -0500
- To: "'Michael Cooper'" <michaelc@watchfire.com>, "'WAI GL (E-mail)'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I think the problem with this one was that not all content has a 'page'. So there was a question of how it would have a 'title'. Some pages were dynamic and it wasn't clear how much of the page had to change before the title of the page should be changed. And it if were a very variable page, how would the titles be changed to all be unique and meaningful. There was another issue but I can't pull it to mind. I'm not speaking for or against this -- but listing some of the issues to bring them into the more recent record. Thanks Michael Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Michael Cooper Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:25 PM To: WAI GL (E-mail) Subject: [#830] Requirement for page title should be level 2 or level 1 When mapping HTML techniques to WCAG success criteria, we mapped the requirement to use a <title> element to the point "Supplying a unique title for each page or resource that can be accessed independently" [1]. This is a bullet point in a level 3 success criterion requiring that there be a statement that certain things were considered. We believe the requirement to provide a title for each document should not be something the author should consider, it should simply be a guideline requirement. It also should be at a higher level than level 3. I would like to see it at level 1, but at least it needs to be at level 2, because there is another success criterion for guideline 3.1 that says "Page titles are informative" [2]. Currently the situation is that the requirement to make the title informative is level 2 but the requirement to provide the title (which you want to make informative) is level 3. [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20040602.html#navigation-mechanism s-additional-structure [2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-20040602.html#meaning-informative- title --- Signature --- Michael Cooper Accessibility Product Manager, Watchfire 1 Hines Rd Suite 200, Kanata, ON K2K 3C7 Canada Tel: +1 (613) 599-3888 x4019 Fax: +1 (613) 599-4661 Email: michaelc@watchfire.com Web: http://www.watchfire.com/
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