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From: Alan Zaitchik
Date: Jun 21, 2016 12:55PM

Can someone help resolve the questions we've been tussling with concerning headings:

1. Is it a legal requirement (section 508) that each web page have at least one H1 heading?
2. Is it a legal requirement (section 508) that each web page have at most one H1 heading?
3. Does WCAG 2.0 level AA require that each web page have at least one H1 heading?
4. Does WCAG 2.0 level AA require that each web page have at most one H1 heading?

I want to ask similar questions about the ordering of headings at other levels, but let me start with H1 to begin with.

Thanks,

A