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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Feb 16, 2018 12:50AM

Hi all, here is a reference for how <section> is mapped in browser
accessibility APIs

region <https://w3c.github.io/core-aam/#role-map-region> role if the section
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/sections.html#the-section-element>; element
> has an accessible name
> <https://w3c.github.io/html-aam/#dfn-accessible-name>. Otherwise, no
> corresponding role.


https://w3c.github.io/html-aam/#el-section


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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 15 February 2018 at 20:46, Carly Gerard < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] labeling sections
>
> Yes, it was flagged in Siteimprove.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> > 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
> > <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w
> > 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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