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Re: Explicit association with <header> required/recommendedfor <article>?

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From: JP Jamous
Date: Feb 5, 2018 9:13AM

Rob,

It would be unnecessary because you already informed the screen reader of your region labeling. So using ARIA at this point would not be advised by ARIA standards.

If you have 2 different <header> on the page, then using ari-label might be necessary to explain to the screen reader user programmatically what each one serves. Typically, I expect as a user to have one <header> on a web page. If I run into more than one, it can confuse me, as I may not be able to identify the purpose of the second header or where it applies in relationship to the rest of the page.

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Subject: [WebAIM] Explicit association with <header> required/recommended for <article>?

If content is marked up with the <article> tag and within that <article> tag there is a <header> tag, is it required or recommended to make an explicit association between them using aria-labelledby attribute or would that be redundant or too verbose? Thanks!

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