Page Titles - Inaccurate element

Test Case Summary

Test Case ID

TC11.1-2-fail-1

Test Case Description

The <title> element defines the title of the document, and is required in all HTML/XHTML documents. This test evaluates the accuracy of the element on the Web page.

The code sample presents a page with an inaccurate <title> element. A successful test should identify a failure against Baseline Test 11.1-PageTitled.

Applicable ICT Baseline Test

11.1 Test Procedure for Page Titled

Baseline Test ID: 11.1 Test Procedure for Page Titled

Test Instruction: 2

Test Case Detail

Expected Baseline Result

FAIL

An inaccurate <title> element is defined for the page.

Test Data

Single-Page URL

https://section508coordinators.github.io/baselinealignment/testfiles/TF11/11.1-2-fail-1.html

Embedded Code

Code

Test Case Instruction

Test Instruction	Instruction Detail	Expected Test Case Result
IC-1	Page `<title>` element for the page.	Applicable; page is an HTML web page with text and a `<title>` element.
11.1-1	Check that a page `<title>` element is defined for the page. [SC 2.4.2]	Pass: `<title>` element is defined
11.1-2	Check that the Page Title identifies the contents or purpose of the Web page. `[SC 2.4.2`]	Fail: the Page Title does not identify the contents or purpose of the Web page.
Result	If any of the above checks fail, then Baseline Test 11.1-PageTitled fails.	11.1-2 check fails