Test Case sc1.3.2_l1_001: Sequence defined by XHTML (two paragraphs)

Formal Metadata

Formal Metadata
Title	Sequence defined by XHTML (two paragraphs)
Description	XHTML page with content arranged in two paragraphs. The test file uses plain markup without styling or scripts, so the reading order is not changed in any way.
Creator	BenToWeb (evlach@…)
Rights	Copyright BenToWeb 2004-2007
Language	English
Date	2005-08-16
Status	validated

Technologies and Features

Technologies are markup languages or data formats. If the technology is a markup language, “features” refers to elements and attributes.

XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)

XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)

Test Data

Purpose

This test case is intended to pass because the sequence of the content is meaningful. (This is a test for the reading order of content: an assistive technology should be able to provide an alternative presentation of content while preserving the reading order needed to perceive meaning.)

Test Modes

Accessibility expert.

Test Files

TCDL Data

sc1.3.2_l1_001 (XML).

Rules

“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.

Primary Rules

The test case passes (line 7, column 8) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#content-structure-separation-sequence.

The test case passes (line 8, column 8) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/Overview.html#content-structure-separation-sequence.

Functional Outcome

The user's assistive technology can programatically determine the sequence of content.

Technical Comment

The sequence of content (XHTML) can be determined programatically.

This test case maps to technique G57: Ordering the content in a meaningful sequence.

Secondary Rules

Secondary Rule (WCAG 2.0 - April 2006 Working Draft (Last Call))

The test case passes the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#content-structure-separation-sequence.

Functional Outcome

The user's assistive technology can programatically determine the sequence of content.

Technical Comment

Online version: sc1.3.3_l1_001.

Secondary Rule (WCAG 2.0 - June 2005 Working Draft)

The test case passes the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#content-structure-separation-sequence.

Functional Outcome

The sequence can be determined programatically.

Technical Comment

The sequence of content (XHTML) can be determined programatically.