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Re: Does incorrect heading use violate WCAG 2.4.6 or just 1.3.1?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 11, 2018 12:52PM

On 11/01/2018 18:19, Robert Fentress wrote:
> If you are reporting conformance with WCAG success criteria, then when
> content is incorrectly marked up as a heading, as when just used for
> styling purposes, for instance, do you say it just violates 1.3.1 Info and
> Relationships
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/content-structure-separation-programmatic.html>,
> or do you also ding it for failing 2.4.6 Headings and Labels
> <https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/navigation-mechanisms-descriptive.html>?
> My understanding of 2.4.6 is that it is really is just addressing whether
> the heading or label that is being used describes the topic or purpose, not
> whether or not a heading is the right markup. Still, if the text is
> incorrectly marked up as a heading then, ipso facto, that heading is not
> going to really be correctly describing the topic or purpose. What do you
> think?
>

1.3.1, as 2.4.6 isn't about the underlying structure/markup per se, but
about the text used for headings/labels.

P
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