Techniques for WCAG 2.0

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# G125: Providing links to navigate to related Web pages

## Applicability

All technologies that contain links

This technique relates to:

- Success Criterion 2.4.5 (Multiple Ways)
  - How to Meet 2.4.5 (Multiple Ways)
  - Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.5 (Multiple Ways)

## 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.

## Resources

Resources are for information purposes only, no endorsement implied.

- Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One

## Related Techniques

- G63: Providing a site map
- G64: Providing a Table of Contents
- G126: Providing a list of links to all other Web pages
- G185: Linking to all of the pages on the site from the home page

## Tests

### Procedure

For each link in the Web page:

1. Check whether the link leads to related information.

### Expected Results

- Check #1 is true.

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