RGAA 3.0 - Rule 8.6.1

Summary

This test consists in checking the relevancy of the title tag in the page.

Business description

Criterion

8.6

Test

8.6.1

Description

For each Web page with a page title (title tag), is the content of this tag relevant?

Level

A

Technical description

Scope

Page

Decision level

Semi-Decidable

Algorithm

Set1

The content of the <title> tag within the <head> (head title)

Process

Test1

We check whether the title is found amoung the blacklisted titles loaded by the nomenclature “UnexplicitPageTitle”.

For each element returning false in Test1, raise a MessageA. Raise a MessageB instead.

MessageA : Irrelevant title
  • code : NotPertinentTitle
  • status: Failed
  • parameter : the textual content, snippet
  • present in source : yes
MessageB : Check title pertinence
  • code : CheckTitlePertinence
  • status: Pre-Qualified
  • parameter : the textual content, snippet
  • present in source : yes

Analysis

Not Applicable

The page has no <title> tag (Set1 is empty)

Failed

The title of the page has been found in the blacklist (Test1 returns true)

Pre-Qualified

The title of the page has not been found in the blacklist (Test1 returns false)

TestCases

TestCases files for rule 8.6.1