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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Oct 20, 2004 6:48AM

Yes, I see the confusion but I think that the WAI sentence does not explain
properly what they meant to say. In a sense, that would be like saying, once
you have marked up a chapter title, you can't have any more chapter titles
in a book. In other words, only one chapter per book.

The other interpretation is that you can have a maximum of 6 headings per
page because there is no . Well, that makes bloody sense!!! :-)

Given that the intent of the WAI is not to reinvent editorial conventions,
just make certain that good editorial conventions are followed, I believe
that they are saying to use them in order and always start with .

I can't remember what the "Web Style Guide" says on this but I do remember a
quote (pardon me if my memory does not serve me perfectly), "Don't throw out
good editorial conventions just because you are writing for the world wide
web.".

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Julian Rickards
A/Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publication Services Section,
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines,
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Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] HTML heading styles



On 10/19/04 1:23 PM, &quot;julian.rickards&quot; simply typed the following:

Well, it's this statement (and the WAI guidelines) that has me confused:
&quot;A strict reading of WAI guidelines is that heading styles must be used in
strict sequence ie. H1, H2, H3, H4, H5.&quot;

Others have told me that once I move to H3, I should not be moving back up
to H2 again... Obviously, you guys don't agree and my information/criticism
is flawed. ;)