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From: Miller, Steve MR 1
Date: Apr 16, 2012 5:49PM

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Could someone please advise whether a page containing two <h1> tags is WCAG2 compliant?

Technically to follow the principles of semantic markup and a hierarchical structure, a <H1> tag should not be the child of another <H1> tag.

Also and probably more important (the subject of many robust discussions) - can site navigation elements be marked up as headings? This seems to fail WCAG2 compliance as the navigation heading technically does not belong to (is a child of) the Content heading. Although useful having a list of navigation elements available through the headings, if a user is not familiar with the site then they are unlikely to differentiate content from navigation, or at least find it very confusing.

Cheers

Steven Miller
Web Governance
Web Information Capability Team
FOI and Information Management
Department of Defence
Campbell Park, Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA

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