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Re: Left Column and Heading Level Order

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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Jul 6, 2012 3:46PM

On Jul 6, 2012, at 5:25 PM, James Nurthen wrote:

> WCAG2 H42 has example 2 which covers this exact scenario
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H42.html

Indeed, this example exists today. However, check the References for H42:

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H42#H42-resources

Of these…

1 is a pointer to the definition of HTML 4.0. Fair enough, I guess, but hardly the point of an accessibility specification.
2 is a link to an interesting but hardly definitive blog-post by the estimable Eric Meyer, who is self-consciously offhand in the view he offers.
3 is a link to an RNIB page that argues against Example 2.

H42 example 2 does make a statement, true, but the argument is lacking...

Duff.