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From: Carly Gerard
Date: Feb 15, 2018 1:46PM

Our institution is using SiteImprove as well, and finding that is also our biggest error are these false positives of <section> not having an accessible name--even though there's a <main> tag one or two two elements up. I'm glad this discussion came up and feel a little better about addressing that.

From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > on behalf of Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 11:30:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] labeling sections

Yes, it was flagged in Siteimprove.

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 6:51 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] labeling sections

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.
>
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> Behalf Of Steve Faulkner
> 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.
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> Current Standards Work @W3C
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> 3c/>
>
> 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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