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Element dd requires dl parent Web Standard

Description

Element dd not allowed as child element in this context.

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The dd element must appear inside a dl element. Without the parent dl element it looks like a definition list, but is not voiced as a definition list by a screen reader.

Applicable standards

  • (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
  • (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
  • (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
  • (Success Criteria: 1.3.1 level A)
  • HTML

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints. EN 301 549 checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.1 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

  • 6.50 Oct 2023 Added.

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

Rule ID: W3cHtml5Error-RnvErElem-dd