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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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