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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Mar 29, 2018 3:49AM

Passing or failing a success criterion is not the sum of passed techniques.
Techniques only provide guidance on a subset of possible methods to pass.

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On 29 March 2018 at 10:37, Fernand van Olphen < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hi Shadi,
>
> Thanks for the quick response!
>
> Does that mean the following?
>
> 1) A web developer codes a website
> 2) There are incorrect nested elements in his code
> 2) He picks Technique number 4, the one I mentioned, which is a
> combination of H74, H93, H94.
> 3) Because the technique doesn't address the nested elements-issue, his
> website will pass the Success Criterion.
>
>
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Shadi Abou-Zahra [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Verzonden: donderdag 29 maart 2018 11:20
> Aan: WebAIM Discussion List; Fernand van Olphen
> Onderwerp: Re: [WebAIM] 4.1.1 Parsing > nested elements
>
> On 29/03/2018 10:59, Fernand van Olphen wrote:
> > Success Criterion (SC) 4.1.1 speaks about parsing. It lists the next
> conditions:
> >
> >
> > - elements have complete start and end tags
> >
> > - elements are nested according to their specifications
> >
> > - elements do not contain duplicate attributes
> >
> > - any IDs are unique
> >
> > (except where the specifications allow these features)
> >
> >
> > According to Technique number 4 the next three techniques must be
> combined to comply with this SC:
> >
> >
> > - H74: Ensuring that opening and closing tags are used according
> to specification AND
> >
> > - H93: Ensuring that id attributes are unique on a Web page AND
> >
> > - H94: Ensuring that elements do not contain duplicate attributes
> >
> > Now I am confused: where is the technique that deals with the condition:
> elements are nested according to their specifications?
>
> There is also H75: Ensuring that Web pages are well-formed
> - https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H75.html
>
> Also G134 and G192 can be used for full validation of web content.
>
> I found this by using the "How to Meet WCAG 2.0" quick reference guide:
> -
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/?showtechniquesA1#
> ensure-compat-parses
>
> Best,
> Shadi
>
>
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Fernand van Olphen
> > Accessibility Advisor
> > Municipality of the Hague
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> and Technology Specialist Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) World Wide Web
> Consortium (W3C)
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