Technique G125:Providing links to navigate to related Web pages

Applicability

All technologies that contain links

This technique relates to 2.4.5: Multiple Ways (Sufficient when used with Using two or more of the following techniques:).

Description

The objective of this technique is to make it possible for users to locate additional information by providing links to related Web pages. It is one of a series of techniques for locating content that are sufficient for addressing Success Criterion 2.4.5. Links are a basic component of the World Wide Web. They are the mechanism that makes the Web an interconnected Web of content. Most authors employ this technique automatically when creating Web pages.

Examples

Example 1

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 contains links to definitions of terms used in guidelines and Success Criteria, links to documents explaining how to meet different Success Criteria, a table of contents for each section containing links to different subsections of that section, and a Comparison of WCAG 1.0 checkpoints to WCAG 2.0. As users browse the document, they can follow these links to find related information.

Other sources

No endorsement implied.

Tests

Procedure

For each link in the Web page:

  1. Check whether the link leads to related information.

Expected Results

  • Check #1 is true.