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Link context

This term is defined by more than one standard, and the wording differs. Each definition below is the one that applies to that standard’s criteria.

Definition in RAWeb 1.1

The link context represents the additional information (referred to as context information) that can be related by a computer program to the accessible name of a link. The contextual information used to complete the accessible name of a link is as follows:

  • The content of the sentence in which the text link is present;
  • The content of the paragraph (<p> tag) in which the text link is present;
  • The content of the list item (<li> tag) or the content of a parent list item (<li> tag) in which the text link is present;
  • The content of the title (<hx> tag) preceding the text link;
  • The content of the table header cell(s) (<th> tag(s)) associated with the data cell (<td> tag) in which the text link is present;
  • The content of the data cell (<td> tag) in which the text link is present.

Note 1: One of the 6 link contexts combined with the accessible name of a link should make it possible to understand the function and destination of the link.

Note 2: RAWeb considers that an e-mail address of the type [email protected] is a sufficient link text to understand the function of the link and does not require the action to be indicated more explicitly.

Definition in RAPDF 1.1

Additional information that can be associated with the accessible name of a link by means of keyboard shortcuts or manipulations.

In the office environment, the contexts that can be used are

  • the previous heading;
  • the sentence or paragraph in which the link appears.

The link will be considered explicit when at least one of these contexts provides all the information needed to understand its function and purpose.

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