Applicability
HTML and XHTML
This
technique
relates
to
Success
Criterion
2.4.2:
Page
Titled
(Sufficient
when
used
with
as
a
way
to
meet
G88:
Providing
descriptive
titles
for
Web
pages
)
.
Description
All
HTML
and
XHTML
documents,
including
those
in
frames,
individual
frames
in
a
frameset,
have
a
title
element
in
the
head
section
that
defines
in
a
simple
phrase
the
purpose
of
the
document.
This
helps
users
to
orient
themselves
within
the
site
quickly
without
having
to
search
for
orientation
information
in
the
body
of
the
page.
Note
that
the
(mandatory)
title
element,
which
only
appears
once
in
a
document,
is
different
from
the
title
attribute,
which
may
be
applied
to
almost
every
HTML
and
XHTML
element.
Examples
Example 1
This example defines a document's title.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>The World Wide Web Consortium</title>
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</body>
</html>
Resources
Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.
Related ACT Rules
Tests
Procedure
-
Examine
the
source
code
of
the
HTML
or
XHTML
document
and
check
that
a
non-empty
titleelement appears in theheadsection. -
Check
that
the
titleelement describes the document.
Expected Results
- Checks 1 and 2 are true.