Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

body

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions).
WCAG 1.0 (Level A)
Priority 1
4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions).
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 1
4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions).
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 1
4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions).
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable.
Success Criteria 3.1.2 Language of Parts (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable.
Success Criteria 3.1.2 Language Parts (AA)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
3.1 Readable: Make text content readable and understandable
Success Criteria 3.1.2 Language of Parts (AA)

Requirement

Words and phrases not in the document's primary language are marked.

Error

Words or phrases that are not in the document's primary language may not be identified.

Short Description

If the body element contains more than 10 characters (English) then this error will be generated.

Rationale

If you use a number of different languages on a page, make sure that any changes in language are clearly identified by use of the lang attribute.

How To Determine

Question	Are there any words or phrases that are not in the document's primary language?
PASS	All words outside the primary language are identified.
FAIL	Words outside the primary language are not identified.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check the document for any words or phrases that are not in the document's primary language.
2. Check if these words are marked using the lang attribute.

Expected Result

1. Words and phrases not in the document's primary language are marked

Failed Result

1. Add markup using the lang attribute to identify any words that are not in the primary language.

Examples

Pass Examples

Document contains words outside the primary language but they are marked as such.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #110 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<P>And with a certain <SPAN lang="fr">je ne sais quoi</SPAN>, she entered both the room, and his life, forever. </p>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

Document contains words outside the primary language.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #110 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<P>And with a certain je ne sais quoi, she entered both the room, and his life, forever. </p>
</body>
</html>