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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 11, 2019 11:40AM

On 11/03/2019 15:42, Maupin, Brennan Polaris McCaffrey - maupinbp wrote:
> Patrick, thank you for the input! I will this technique vs. guideline noted!
>
> As I am typing this it seems like a stupid question, but would you say that this issue could be applicable in 3.2.3 - Consistent Navigation? I know in this section they are talking more about content areas rather than headings, but it seems to me that if you use headings to lead content areas, and you use headings inconsistently in a set of webpages, you could be considered in violation of this guideline. What do you think? Would this also be a harsh interpretation?

Consistency means "the same way". So, if you happen to skip a heading
level, but do it across all your tested pages, then arguably you're
"consistent".

Also, I do see a danger here that we're trying to find "which SC can I
fail this under", and trying to find some creative interpretation of the
normative wording that would allow us to fail this. That's generally not
a good approach. In an audit, I'd note this as not a failure, but a
suggested best practice/improvement, related to 1.3.1.

P
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