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Re: Accessible P Tag Usage

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From: Mohith BP
Date: Mar 18, 2019 11:09PM

Hi,

I agree with Patrick. This is a very low priority issue and I dont
think one need to flag it as an violation as there are many ways such
as inserting <br> tags to provide line breaks between the content.
Please note not marking up headings, tables and list items impacts the
screen reader users heavily hence these should be flagged as
violations.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohith B. P.

On 3/18/19, Tim Harshbarger < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> My personal opinion is that it is not a requirement for text to be contained
> in at least a paragraph element. My thinking is that a paragraph element
> conveys that its contents are all part of a paragraph--and that might not be
> the information or relationship that the content author wants to convey.
>
> This is definitely a good question since it shows you are trying not to make
> assumptions--and it is always good to think about our assumptions.
>
> Thanks for asking this question.
>
> Tim
> Tim Harshbarger
> Senior Accessibility Consultant
> Deque Systems
>
>