EVALUATION
Needed for 508 accessibility compliance
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I think we have a case that the a"title" attribute
be used in a link to skip over a navigation bar
(in Javadoc HTML pages):
<a href="#skip" title="Skip navigation bar"></a>
The navigation links are already grouped by way of being
contained in a table.
This is simpler and more straightforward than combining
<MAP> with a link that is recommended by W3C:
<MAP title="Navigation bar">
<a href="#skip"></a>
</MAP
source: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#group-bypass
It is also simpler than including a one-pixel image simply
for the sake of using the "alt" attribute:
<a href="#skip"><img src="pixel.gif" alt="Skip navigation bar"></a>
These facts support this case:
1) 508 accessibility already identifies the "title" attribute as suitable
for accessibility text for <FRAME> and <MAP> elements.
Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#frame-names
Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#group-bypass
2) The W3C description of the title attribute gives the very example
of an audio user agent speaking the title information for a link,
as follows:
Audio user agents may speak the title information in a similar
context. For example, setting the attribute on a link allows
user agents (visual and non-visual) to tell users about the
nature of the linked resource:
...some text...
Here's a photo of
<A href="http://someplace.com/neatstuff.gif" title="Me scuba diving">
me scuba diving last summer
</A>
...some more text...
Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#adef-title
3) The W3C gives the following example of an empty named anchor tag:
"Note. User agents should be able to find anchors created by
empty A elements, but some fail to do so. For example, some
user agents may not find the "empty-anchor" in the following
HTML fragment:"
<A name="empty-anchor"></A>
<EM>...some HTML...</EM>
<A href="#empty-anchor">Link to empty anchor</A>
4) I tested this with JAWS reader on Windows, and it works fine.
The default configuration is to read title attributes in links.
It says: "Link skip navigation bar" and pauses. If you press
Enter, it skips over the navigation bar and continues speaking.
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Also note that the following construct, where the content in <a>
elements is empty. is valid HTML 4.0:
<a href="#skip" title="Skip navigation bar"></a>
[navigation bar]
<a name="skip"></a>
The DTD for the <A> element follows. The content model includes (&inline;)*,
which means zero or more terms (and -(A) means nested anchor tag disallowed).
Also, in all cases, "no content" can satisfy #PCDATA.
The inclusion of the attribute "name" or "href" cannot change this content model.
<!ELEMENT A - - (%inline;)* -(A) -- anchor -->
<!ATTLIST A
...
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- named link end --
href %URI; #IMPLIED -- URI for linked resource --
...
>
<!ENTITY % inline "#PCDATA | %fontstyle; | %phrase; | %special; | %formctrl;">
Source: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/links.html#edef-A
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