Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

title

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 2
13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 2
13.2 Provide metadata to add semantic information to pages and sites.
WCAG 2.0 (Level A)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.2 Page Titled (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AA)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.2 Page Titled (A)
WCAG 2.0 (Level AAA)
2.4 Navigable: Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.
Success Criteria 2.4.2 Page Titled (A)

Requirement

title describes the document.

Error

title might not describe the document.

Short Description

This error is generated for each title element.

Rationale

All contents, including individual frames in a frameset, should have a title element that defines, in a simple phrase, the purpose of the content.

How To Determine

Question	Does this `title` describe the document?
PASS	`title` describes the document.
FAIL	`title` does not describe the document.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. View the text that is contained by the title element.
2. View the document.

Expected Result

1. title describes the document.

Failed Result

1. Change the title text so it describes the document.

Examples

Pass Examples

title describes the document

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>The History Of Birds</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>History Of Birds</h1>
<p>This document contains the history of Birds.
The title of the document is appropriate.</p>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

title does not describe the document

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>New Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>History Of Birds</h1>
<p>This document contains a history of birds.
The title of this document does not describe the contents of this document.</p>
</body>
</html>