SVG has no accessible name Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

SVG elements with graphic role attributes must have an accessible name.

Help

SVG elements with role=img, role=graphics-document or role=graphics-symbol need an accessible name provided by the SVG title element or an ARIA label.

Applicable standards

• ACT Rules 7d6734
• WCAG 2.0 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.36 Jan 2020 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccHtmlSvgElementNoName