Techniques for WCAG 2.0

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# F25: Failure of Success Criterion 2.4.2 due to the title of a Web page not identifying the contents

## Applicability

All technologies.

This failure relates to:

- Success Criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled)
  - How to Meet 2.4.2 (Page Titled)
  - Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled)

## Description

This describes a failure condition when the Web page has a title, but the title does not identify the contents or purpose of the Web page.

## Examples

### Failure Example 1

Examples of text that are not titles include:

- Authoring tool default titles, such as

  - "Enter the title of your HTML document here,"

  - "Untitled Document"

  - "No Title"

  - "Untitled Page"

  - "New Page 1"

- Filenames that are not descriptive in their own right, such as "report.html" or "spk12.html"

- Empty text

- Filler or placeholder text

### Failure Example 2

A site generated using templates includes the same title for each page on the site. So the title cannot be used to distinguish among the pages.

## Resources

No resources available for this technique.

## Related Techniques

- H25: Providing a title using the title element

## Tests

### Procedure

1. Check whether the title of each Web page identifies the contents or purpose of the Web page .

### Expected Results

- If step #1 is false, then this failure condition applies and the content fails this Success Criterion.

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