[Athen] Link Accessibility Question

[glen walker]

Sounds like a footnote link.  It's perfectly fine to have diff links with
diff names point to the same destination.  There's nothing inherently wrong
in WCAG regarding it.  When I have links like that, I like to have a link
in the footnote that takes me back to the original link (table cell in your
case).  I do that by dynamically updating the HREF attribute of the
footnote link to point back to the destination.

Glen


On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:50 AM Michele Bromley <michele.bromley at pdx.edu>
wrote:


> Good morning, all!

>

> Apologies for cross-posting. I'm working with a client who is really

> committed to making their HTML degree maps as accessible as possible. There

> are several external and in-page links in their template. We've discussed

> descriptive link names that clearly indicate purpose, etc. We've also

> discussed the importance of naming links differently/uniquely if they lead

> to two, separate destinations.

>

> In one of their course tables, there are three, separate links in three,

> separate cells that refer to courses in a series (e.g. English 101, English

> 102, and English 103). Each of these is an in-page link to a note below the

> table that applies to the entire series.

>

> I'm having trouble remembering whether or not it's a problem for

> differently named links to lead to the same destination. Any clarity you

> can provide would be helpful!

>

> Best,

>

> Michele

>

>

> Michele Joy Bromley, CPACC

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