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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Jan 5, 2015 8:08AM

Hi all,

Is using a PLACEHOLDER attribute instead of a <label> tag enough to
satisfy WCAG2? I know that using a TITLE attribute is a sufficient
technique, but not sure about placeholders.

Thanks as always, Lynn