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Re: Headings: requirements vs best practices

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Jun 23, 2016 7:37AM

I am going to disagree with some of the comments in this thread.

They are correct that no where in 508 you will see thou must use headings.
However you can interpret 508 to say headings should be used. In 508, a
common practice is to say: if something within 1194.2x is used, then
1194.31 and 1194.41 is applicable. Within 31, there is a requirement for
keyboard accessibility, you could argue things like headings are included
into this because some AT allows heading navigation

Ryan E. Benson
On Jun 21, 2016 14:55, "Alan Zaitchik" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
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