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RE: Heading levels

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From: Andrew Arch
Date: Jun 25, 2006 10:50PM

Nothing wrong with your semantics - blame the tool :)

Basically, the rule that we apply is don't skip levels on the way down, you
can jump back up to any level (though most would argue that a page should
only have one H2).

Think about it like a text book table of contents - does it make sense then?
Are all the sub-sub-headings subservient to the right sub-headings? Etc. The
AIS Web Accessibility Toolbar [1] has a nice headings call out feature to
give you the relative levels of all headings on a page (in a new window to
separate them from the content for analytical purposes) - see
structure/heading-structure.

Andrew

[1] www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/toolbar/