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

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Apr 21, 2015 12:47PM

In such a case both conventional and AT users would have to "read into the content", would they not? If so, then I don't understand the distinction you are making.

Perhaps the official understanding document will be useful for you: http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-title.html

> Not having this in place results in more time being spent by users to to understand and orient themselves to the content, particularly if the first content on the page or pages is generic navigation content.

…equally true for all users, no?

Absolutely not. If the page title is what is read in a list of search results or a series of browser window titles that the user is trying to find the right window to read into, then the AT user will spend a lot more time that someone who can glance at a page.

> Ah, so doctype would be required for WCAG 2.0 if it resolves ambiguities, but not because it's required by the HTML specification?

That's correct.

AWK