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Re: which guideline to empty headers go against?

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From: Bim Egan
Date: Nov 22, 2016 1:40AM

I'd say this is a definite fail of SC 2.4.6: Headings and labels describe
topic or purpose, [1]. No text content means no description.

Empty headings probably also fail SC1.3.1 Info and Relationships [2] check
out Failure Technique F43: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.1 due to using
structural markup in a way that does not represent relationships in the
content [3]

HTH,

Bim
[1] - SC2.4.6 (Level AA)
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-descriptive.
html
[2] - SC1.3.1 (Level A)
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/content-structure-separation-progr
ammatic.html
[3] - Technique F43
http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/F43