Rule 6.5.1

Summary

This test checks whether the page contains empty links.

Business description

Criterion

6.5

Test

6.5.1

Description

Dans chaque page Web, chaque lien (balise a avec un attribut href), à l'exception des ancres, a-t-il un intitulé entre <a> et </a> ?

Level

A

Technical description

Scope

page

Decision level

decidable

Algorithm

Selection

Set1**

All the <a> tags of the page that are not an anchor ( a:not([name]):not([id]) )

Set2

All the tags from Set1 that have an empty text (including children text) and that have not children with a not empty "alt" attribute

Process

For each element of Set2, raise a MessageA

  • code : EmptyLink
  • status: Failed
  • parameter : "href" attribute, snippet
  • present in source : yes

Analysis

Not Applicable

The page has no <a> tag (Set1 is empty)

Passed

The page only doesn't contain empty links (Set2 is empty)

Failed

The page only contains empty links (Set2 is not empty)

Notes

A <a> tag is seen as an anchor if and only if it has either a "name" or an "id" attribute (assuming the definition of an anchor in Rgaa3.0)