Asqatasun v4 - Summary

Asqatasun v4 - AccessiWeb 2.2 - Rule 6.2.3

Summary

This test consists in checking whether the title of each clickable area is relevant.

Business description

Criterion : 6.2

Test : 6.2.3

Test description :

For each clickable area (area tag) with a link title (title attribute), is the content of this attribute relevant?

Level : Bronze

Technical description

Scope : page

Decision level : semidecidable

Algorithm

Selection

Set1 : All the area tags with a "href" attribute and a "alt attribute ( area[href][alt] )

Set2 : All the elements of Set1 with a not empty alt attribute and a title attribute

Process

Test1

For each element of Set2, we check whether the "title" attribute is not empty

For each element returning false in Test1, raise a Message 1

Test2

For each element of Set2, we check whether the "title" attribute doesn't only contain non alphanumerical characters.

For each element returning false in Test2, raise a Message 2

Test3

For each element of Set2, we check whether the "title" attribute value doesn't belong to the text link blacklist.

For each element returning false in Test3, raise a Message 2

Test4

For each element of Set2, we check whether the "title" attribute is not striclty identical to the link text.

For each element returning false in Test4, raise a Message 3

Test5

For each element of Set2, we check whether the "title" attribute contains the link text and more.

For each element returning true in Test5, raise a Message 3

For each element returning false in Test5, raise a Message 4

Message 1:Empty title attribute of link
Message 2: Not Pertinent link Title Attribute
Message 3: Suspected Pertinent link Title Attribute
Message 4: Suspected not Pertinent link Title Attribute
Used nomenclature

Analysis

Not Applicable

Failed

Pre-qualified

Notes

  1. We assume here that the textual alternative of the area corresponds to the link text.
  2. A link title is regarded as not-pertinent in the following cases :
  1. Due to the "Note 1" of the definition of a link title, a title attribute identical to the text link is seen as suspected passed.