Re: 1.3.1 question

On 04/04/2016 22:46, David MacDonald wrote:
> I would like to introduce a new failure based on this discussion.
>
> "Failure of 1.3.1 due to visually distinct headers, footers, navigation
> bars, main content, or asides providing no ACCESSIBLE NAME (or
> ACCESSIBLE DESCRIPTION)"
>
> WCAG does not require any specific technique to do this (landmarks, html
> 5 <nav> etc, and headings could all work), however, in the API the
> ACCNAME, or ACCDESCRIPTION need to be populated with meaningful Label
> (Name).

Personally, I feel making this a blanket failure like that is a bit 
extreme. What if the visually distinct header only contains the logo for 
the website? There must be a certain measure of complexity to the 
elements and the overall page structure, IMO.

P
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