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Repeating the same link phrase

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From: Timothy J. Luoma
Date: Sep 2, 2002 12:03AM


I have a download page where documents are available in multiple formats:

| HTML | ZIP | PDF | Word |
======|========|========|========|========|
Doc01 | HTML | ZIP | PDF | Word |
======|========|========|========|========|
Doc02 | HTML | ZIP | PDF | Word |
======|========|========|========|========|
Doc03 | HTML | ZIP | PDF | Word |
======|========|========|========|========|

This passes Section 508 but fails WCAG which says (as level 2 priority)

"Do not use the same link phrase more than once when the links point to
different URLs."
source: http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/gls/g265.html

which led me to
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#tech-meaningful-links

which led me to
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text

which recommends this technique:

Example.

<A href="my-doc.html">My document is available in HTML</A>,
<A href="my-doc.pdf" title="My document in PDF">PDF</A>,
<A href="my-doc.txt" title="My document in text">plain text</A>

However, that technique does not satisfy the Bobby AAA checker.

Now writing this out over and over again:

"Download Document 1 in PDF"
"Download Document 1 in Word"
"Download Document 1 in ZIP"

seems a bit over-the-top.

Or am I wrong?

What's the best way to handle this?

TjL


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