Baseline for Documents

11. Document Titles

Accessibility Requirements

1. WCAG2 SC 2.4.2 Document Titled – Documents have titles that describe topic or purpose.

Test Method Rationale

The Title property defines the title of the document and is required in all documents. This test evaluates the presence of a descriptive title for the document.

Limitations, Assumptions, Exceptions

1. Every document must have a descriptive title. This test always applies.

2. This test would apply to all documents in a collection of documents (e.g., PDF portfolios).

11.A Test Procedure for Document Titled

Baseline Test ID: 11.A-DocumentTitled

Identify Content

Title property for the document.

Test Instructions

1. Check that the document's Title property is defined for the document. [SC 2.4.2]
2. Check that the document title describes the contents or purpose of the document. [SC 2.4.2]

Test Results

If any of the above checks fail, then Baseline Test 11.A-DocumentTitled fails.

Advisory: Tips for Streamlined Test Processes

None

WCAG 2.2 Techniques

The following sufficient techniques and/or common failures were considered when developing this test procedure for this baseline requirement:

• F25: Failure of Success Criterion 2.4.2 due to the title of a Web page not identifying the contents
• G88: Providing descriptive titles for Web pages
• H25: Providing a title using the title element
• PDF18: Specifying the document title using the Title entry in the document information dictionary of a PDF document