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From: Pamela Berman
Date: Jun 10, 2009 1:20PM

Angela,

I remember seeing a note in one of my validations a while back. It may have
been the other way round though where the link text was the same but the
targets were different.

<p>
<a href="http://weather.com">Link label example</a><br />
<a href="http://myweather.com">Link label example</a><br />
</p>

I can't remember but I did get feedback about it in the validation results.
This is from the W3C site:
Links with the same destination should have the same descriptions (per Success
Criterion 3.2.4<http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#consistent-behavior-consistent-functionality>;),
but links with different purposes and destinations should have different
descriptions.

*3.2.4 Consistent Identification:* Components that have the same
functionality<http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#samefunctionalitydef>;within
a set of Web
pages <http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#webpagedef>; are
identified consistently. (Level AA)

Maybe the validator has changed since I used it to test my pages.

Pam


On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm trying to find the guideline/checkpoint that makes the code below fail
> an accessibility check. The rules which says that two different links on a
> page can't have the same target.
>
> <p>
> <a href="http://weather.com">Link label example 1</a><br />
> <a href="http://weather.com">Link label example 2</a><br />
> </p>
>
> I'm going nuts trying to find it. I tested my sameple page and it
> validated! I could have sworn this would fail an accessibility check.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com<;http://www.checkoutacollege.com/>;
>
>