Re: 'Section lacks heading' invalid for aside/section/header
Steve Faulkner <[email protected]>
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> > Validating the following generates the error 'Section lacks heading'... it is a 'warning' not an error, it is not a MUST requirement its a SHOULD It seems more logical to accept the generic 'header' element as a valid > header for sidebar section elements. > header [1] is not a generic heading [2], it has a different meaning , for example header does not contribute to the document outline, and different accessibility layer semantics <hx> = heading <header> = banner when scoped to <body>. [1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/sections.html#the-header-element [2] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/sections.html#the-h1,-h2,-h3,-h4,-h5,-and-h6-elements -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/> On 20 September 2014 22:40, John Bilicki III <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > Validating the following generates the error 'Section lacks heading'... > > ____________________________________________________________ > <!DOCTYPE html> > <html> > <head> > <title>XHTML5 Test</title> > </head> > > <body> > > <main><article><p>...</p></article></main> > > <aside> > <section> > <header><span>Search Website...</span></header> > <div><span>The sidebar, <em>not</em> to be inside an article > element.</span></div> > </section> > > </body> > </html> > > ____________________________________________________________ > > It seems more logical to accept the generic 'header' element as a valid > header for sidebar section elements. > > John Bilicki >