Re: (WCAG 2.1) Do we want to replace ​"programmatically determined link context" in 2.4.4 with "Accessible Name"?

I would support the promotion of 2.4.9 but it will probably get some
opposition.

However it would satisfy the new SCs from COGA as well as solve the issue
I'd like to solve ...

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 9:10 AM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org> wrote:

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> *From:* Alastair Campbell [mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 20, 2016 8:15 AM
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> Therefore you could have a link such as:
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> <a href=”/news/” aria-label=”read more”>News</a>
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> Which would be “news” from looking at it, but “read more” from a screen
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> I think it opens the SC up to too many connotations and different
> interfaces, I’d rather keep to link-text + context.
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> *[Jason] In your view, would <a href=”/news/” aria-label=”read more news
> articles”>read more</a> satisfy the current SC? Should it satisfy 2.4.4?*
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> *My suggestion yesterday was simply to promote 2.4.9 to Level AA and
> thereby address the needs of people who are not using ARIA-aware AT. That
> suggestion doesn’t seem to have gained much support so far, however.*
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