Rule 6.3.1

Summary

This test consists in checking whether the text of each textual link is enough explicit to understand the purpose and the target out of its context.

Business description

Criterion

6.3

Test

6.3.1

Description

Chaque lien texte vérifie-t-il une de ces conditions (hors cas particuliers) ?

  • L'intitulé du lien est explicite hors contexte
  • Un mécanisme permet à l'utilisateur d'obtenir un intitulé de lien explicite hors contexte
  • Le contenu du titre de lien (attribut title) est explicite hors contexte

Level

AAA

Technical description

Scope

page

Decision level

Semi-Decidable

Algorithm

Selection

Set1

All the <a> tags with a "href" attribute, without children (a[href]:not(:has(*)) )

Set2

All the elements of Set1 with a not empty text.

Process

Test1

For each element of Set3, we check whether the link content doesn't belong to the text link blacklist.

For each element returning false in Test1, raise a MessageA, raise a MessageB instead.

Test2

For each element of Set3, we check whether the link content doesn't only contain non alphanumeric characters.

For each element returning false in Test2, raise a MessageA, raise a MessageB instead.

  • code : UnexplicitLink
  • status: Failed
  • parameter : link text, "title" attribute, snippet
  • present in source : yes
  • code : CheckLinkWithoutContextPertinence
  • status: Need More Info
  • parameter : link text, "title" attribute, snippet
  • present in source : yes

Analysis

Not applicable

The page has no textual link (Set1 is empty)

Failed

At least one textual link has a text content that is blacklisted or that only contains non alphanumerical characters (Test1 OR Test2 returns false for at least one element)

Pre-Qualified

In all other cases

Notes

We assume here that the links are only composed of a text. (my link`)