JDK-6786682 : Javadoc HTML WCAG 2.0 accessibility issues in standard doclet - HTML tag should have lang attribute.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javadoc(tool)
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2008-12-18
  • Updated: 2014-05-05
  • Resolved: 2011-07-15
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JDK 7
7 b46Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6702376 - Javadoc HTML accessibility issues in generated HTML by standard doclet (including WCAG 2.0 issues)
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. The value of the LANG attribute must be set to one of the ISO 639
   language codes.
Comments
SUGGESTED FIX Javadoc standard doclet should look for -locale command line oiption for a specified locale and display the locale language as the HTML lang attribute. By default the doclet will look up the JVM default locale and display the language for the defaulkt locale as the HTML page language attribute.
02-01-2009
EVALUATION The <HTML> tag for all pages generated by Javadoc to have lang attribute which specifies the language for the page.
02-01-2009