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id 5effbb
name Link in context is descriptive
rule_type atomic
description This rule checks that the accessible name of a link together with its context describes its purpose.
accessibility_requirements
wcag20:2.4.4 wcag20:2.4.9
forConformance failed passed inapplicable
true
not satisfied
further testing needed
further testing needed
secondary
This success criterion is **more strict** than this rule. This is because the rule also considers the context of the link, in addition to the link text. Some of the passed examples do not satisfy this success criterion.
input_aspects
Accessibility Tree
DOM Tree
CSS Styling
Language
acknowledgments
authors funding
Carlos Duarte
Marie Trudelle
Ramit Garg
WAI-Tools

Applicability

This rule applies to any inheriting semantic link for which all the following is true:

Expectation

The accessible name of each target element together with its accessible description and programmatically determined link context describes the purpose of the link.

Assumptions

Accessibility Support

  • Implementation of Presentational Roles Conflict Resolution varies from one browser or assistive technology to another. Depending on this, some semantic link elements can fail this rule with some technology but users of other technologies would not experience any accessibility issue.

Background

Related rules

Bibliography

Test Cases

Passed

Passed Example 1

The accessible name (from the link's text) describes the purpose of the link.

<a href="#desc">See the description of this product.</a>

<p id="desc">This product consists of several web pages.</p>

Passed Example 2

The accessible name describes the purpose of the link.

<a href="#main"><img src="/test-assets/5effbb/main.png" alt="Go to the main content"/></a>

<main>
	<p id="main">This is the main content.</p>
</main>

Passed Example 3

The accessible name together with the accessible description describes the purpose of the link.

<a href="#desc" title="See the product's description">More</a>

<p id="desc">This product consists of several web pages.</p>

Passed Example 4

The accessible name together with the accessible description describes the purpose of the link.

<a href="#desc" aria-describedby="link-desc">More</a>

<p id="link-desc" style="display: none">See the product's description.</p>

<p id="desc">This product consists of several web pages.</p>

Passed Example 5

The accessible name (from the link's text), together with its programmatically determined link context (available from the text in the closest p ancestor), describes the purpose of the link.

<p>See the description of <a href="#desc">this product</a>.</p>

<p id="desc">This product consists of several web pages.</p>

Passed Example 6

The accessible name (from the link's text) describes the purpose of the link.

<span role="link" tabindex="0" onclick="document.location+='#desc'">See description of the product.</span>

<p id="desc">This product consists of several web pages.</p>

Passed Example 7

The programmatically determined link context (provided by the ancestor with a role of listitem and text "Ulysses") and the accessible name (from the link's text) describe the purpose of the links.

<ul>
	<li>
		Ulysses
		<ul>
			<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm"> HTML </a></li>
			<li>
				<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300.epub.images?session_id=04cd710372888de8d8d322215cdfe8ce5b0f8d73">
					EPUB
				</a>
			</li>
			<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-0.txt"> Plain text </a></li>
		</ul>
	</li>
</ul>

Passed Example 8

The programmatically determined link context (provided by the table header assigned to the cell containing the link) and the accessible name (from the link's text) describe the purpose of the links.

<table>
	<tr>
		<th colspan="3">Ulysses</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm">HTML</a></td>
		<td>
			<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300.epub.images?session_id=04cd710372888de8d8d322215cdfe8ce5b0f8d73"
				>EPUB</a
			>
		</td>
		<td><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-0.txt">Plain text</a></td>
	</tr>
</table>

Passed Example 9

The accessible name describes the purpose of the link.

<p id="instructions">Go to the main content.</p>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" x="0" y="0">
	<a href="#main" aria-labelledby="instructions">
		<path
			style="fill:#1E201D;"
			d="M21.205,5.007c-0.429-0.444-1.143-0.444-1.587,0c-0.429,0.429-0.429,1.143,0,1.571l8.047,8.047H1.111
			C0.492,14.626,0,15.118,0,15.737c0,0.619,0.492,1.127,1.111,1.127h26.554l-8.047,8.032c-0.429,0.444-0.429,1.159,0,1.587
			c0.444,0.444,1.159,0.444,1.587,0l9.952-9.952c0.444-0.429,0.444-1.143,0-1.571L21.205,5.007z"
		/>
	</a>
</svg>

<main>
	<p id="main">This is the main content.</p>
</main>

Passed Example 10

The programmatically determined link context (provided by the cell containing the link) and the accessible name (from the link's text) describe the purpose of the links.

<table>
	<tr>
		<td>
			Download Ulysses in
			<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm">HTML</a>
		</td>
		<td>
			Download Ulysses in
			<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300.epub.images?session_id=04cd710372888de8d8d322215cdfe8ce5b0f8d73"
				>EPUB</a
			>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>

Passed Example 11

The programmatically determined link context (provided by the element referenced by the aria-describedby attribute) and the accessible name (from the link's text) describe the purpose of the links.

<h2 id="rule">Button has accessible name</h2>
<ul>
	<li>
		<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/rules/97a4e1/#applicability" aria-describedby="rule"
			>Applicability</a
		>
	</li>
	<li>
		<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/rules/97a4e1/#expectation" aria-describedby="rule"
			>Expectation</a
		>
	</li>
</ul>

Failed

Failed Example 1

The accessible name (from the link's text), together with the absence of programmatically determined link context, does not describe the purpose of the link.

<a href="#desc">More</a>

<p id="desc">This product consists of several web pages.</p>

Failed Example 2

The accessible name (from the link's text), together with the absence of programmatically determined link context, does not describe the purpose of the link.

<div role="link" tabindex="0" onclick="document.location+='#main'">More</div>

<main>
	<p id="main">This is the main content.</p>
</main>

Failed Example 3

The accessible name (from the link's text), together with the absence of programmatically determined link context, does not describe the purpose of the link.

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" x="0" y="0">
	<a href="#main">
		<text x="20" y="20">
			Go
		</text>
	</a>
</svg>

<main>
	<p id="main">This is the main content.</p>
</main>

Failed Example 4

The accessible name (from the link's text) does not describe the purpose of the link. The other information available on the page is not programmatically determined link context because it is in a different p element.

<p>
	The W3C held a workshop on June 9-10, 2005 at DERI Innsbruck (Austria), to gather information about potential
	standardization work on Semantics in Web Services.
</p>

<p><a href="https://www.w3.org/2005/04/FSWS/workshop-report.html">Workshop</a></p>

Failed Example 5

The accessible name (from the link's text) does not describe the purpose of the link. The other information available on the page is not programmatically determined link context because it is outside the list where the links are.

<p style="font-weight: bold">Ulysses</p>
<ul>
	<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm"> HTML </a></li>
	<li>
		<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300.epub.images?session_id=04cd710372888de8d8d322215cdfe8ce5b0f8d73">
			EPUB
		</a>
	</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-0.txt"> Plain text </a></li>
</ul>

Failed Example 6

The accessible name (from the link's text) does not describe the purpose of the link. The other information available on the page is not programmatically determined link context because it not available on the same cell of the link or in a header cell for that cell.

<table>
	<tr>
		<th colspan="3">Books</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Ulysses</td>
		<td><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm">Download</a></td>
		<td>1.61MB</td>
	</tr>
</table>

Inapplicable

Inapplicable Example 1

An a element with its semantic role changed from link to another role.

<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI" role="button">Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)</a>

Inapplicable Example 2

The link element is not included in the accessibility tree.

<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI" style="display: none;"
	><img src="/test-assets/5effbb/cart.svg" alt="Checkout" />Checkout</a
>

Inapplicable Example 3

This a element is not a semantic link, because it has no href attribute.

<a>placeholder</a>