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Re: PDF Tag Nesting Question

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From: Chagnon | PubCom
Date: Jul 24, 2013 11:14AM

Olaf wrote: "the weakly structured, non-nested approach is recommended."

Yes! We agree on something, Olaf!
<grin>

Olaf's strongly-structured example is more akin to XML and its strict
hierarchy of information. That is not needed at this time for accessibility,
but might be if you're using an XML publishing workflow for automated
periodicals, journals, etc.

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Olaf Drümmer
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:29 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] PDF Tag Nesting Question

Hi all,

these two variants are booth valid PDF syntax:

Non-nested example = weakly structured document:
<H1>
<P>
<H2>
<P>
<P>
<L>
<H3>
<P>
<H2>
<P>

Nested example = strongly structured document (note the use of H instead of
H1...H6):
<H>
<P>
<H>
<P>
<P>
<L>
<H>
<P>
<H>
<P>


For practical reason - mostly lack of adoption by creation tools and by
assistive technology - the weakly structured, non-nested approach is
recommended.

Olaf