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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Feb 14, 2018 7:51PM

Were you using siteimprove?
I don't mean to knock that tool specifically, lots of great ideas, but
I've found they call a heck of a lot of false positives, especially
regarding ARIA and HTML5.
Whatever the tool, help the vendor by filing bugs.



On 2/14/18, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thank you. I will talk with my vendor about it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:48 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] labeling sections
>
>>
>> I have two <section> element on a web page. I am getting an
>> accessibility
>> validation error for "Non-distinguishable landmarks". Not sure quite
>> how
>> to distinguish them
>
>
> This is an error in the tool you are using. They are only exposed as regions
> if they have an accessible name via aria-label or aria-labelledby, otherwise
> they are akin to <div> elements. I would suggest you ignore the error.
>
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>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
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>
> On 14 February 2018 at 17:14, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have two <section> element on a web page. I am getting an
>> accessibility
>> validation error for "Non-distinguishable landmarks". Not sure quite
>> how
>> to distinguish them, I tried a name attribute which resulted in an error.
>> Then I tried an aria-label attribute which also resulted in an error.
>> What is the proper way to distinguish <sections>?
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>>
>> Angela French
>> Internet/Intranet Specialist
>> Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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