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# 2.4.2 Page Titled

- Level: A
- Guideline: 2.4 Navigable
- Principle: 2 Operable

## What it is

Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose.

## How to test

- Check: Web pages have titles that describe topic or purpose.
- Use the sufficient techniques below as acceptable methods when applicable.
- Confirm none of the common failures apply.

## Sufficient techniques (W3C)

- G88: Providing descriptive titles for web pages
- associating a title with a web page
- H25: Providing a title using the title element
- PDF18: Specifying the document title using the Title entry in the document information dictionary of a PDF document

## Advisory techniques (W3C)

- G127: Identifying a web page's relationship to a larger collection of web pages

## Common failures (W3C)

- F25: Failure of Success Criterion 2.4.2 due to the title of a web page not identifying the contents

## Resources

- WCAG 2.2 SC: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#page-titled
- Understanding: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/page-titled.html
- Quick reference: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/?versions=2.2#page-titled

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