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Re: Can HTML tagged content conform to WCAG 2.0 without <body>, etc?

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Apr 21, 2015 12:43PM

On 21 April 2015 at 19:15, Andrew Kirkpatrick < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> This would get you into the accessibility supported question. If the
> browser interprets the content without the DOCTYPE and presents it to the
> user without any ambiguity, then it is not going to fail 4.1.1 in my
> opinion. If the browser chokes on the content because it needs the DOCTYPE
> to render it properly for users, then you would have a 4.1.1 issue.


I disagree with you here; the wording of the criteria makes reference to
'specifications'. There is no way to determine if a tag is complete or is
nested correctly or requires an end tag without reference to a
specification. In HTML the way the specification used is identified is via
the doctype.

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SteveF
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