JDK-6786690 : Javadoc HTML WCAG 2.0 accessibility issues in standard doclet - DL tag and nesting issue.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
  • Affected Version: 5.0,7
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic,linux,windows_xp
  • CPU: generic,x86
  • Submitted: 2008-12-18
  • Updated: 2014-05-05
  • Resolved: 2011-07-15
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JDK 7
7 b51Fixed
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Description
This bug is to track specific issues specified in bug 6702376.

Licensee observes the HTML generated by the Javadoc tool does not meet the
requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 standard:

   http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

Here are some accessibility problems believed to be found so far.  Note that
this is not an exhaustive list - there are likely to be more problems.

1. DL tag does not have DT and DD tags nested.

Comments
EVALUATION The scenario specified in the bug is one due to incorrect nesting of the <dl><dt><dd> tags and incorrect order of end tags. Check each usage of definition list tags for proper nesting and ending tags.
26-01-2009