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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Thank you all for your input. I was sure that was what I had heard and understood throughout the years. I just wanted to make sure I’m
not teaching the wrong thing!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">The web developer I’m debating with is citing some discussions where it was determined that there are cases where sequential headings
would actually not make sense: </span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpgi.com%2Fheading-off-confusion-when-do-headings-fail-wcag%2F&data=04%7C01%7CAllison.R.Swanson%40colostate.edu%7C28ea536a765d447a0bdc08d9d7b69d47%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637778001597069113%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=7tfQQKndcNW55U%2FXPSJpA4wzbzQDgrRDK2tZZMmEN60%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">TPGi:
When do headings fail WCAG?</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">An example the developer gave me was an organization chart where headings are used to depict organization hierarchy: h1 = President, h2 = VP, h3 = AVP, h4 = Executive Director, h5 = Director.<br>
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“In that structural hierarchy, there may be divisions/departments that don't have an AVP, or Executive Director, or potentially other levels. In those cases, it would not make sense visually, or structurally to elevate people from lower levels to conform to
a specific document structure.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">I can see where this is a case where skipping heading levels would actually make sense. Does anyone have thoughts on that?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">I think for most ordinary web content, however, it’s still going to be best practice to keep headings sequential.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#1E4D2B">Allison Swanson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:45 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] [EXT] Question about headings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Keep a logical flow in order to keep from confusing the end user. Headings should follow the same flow as an outline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Roboto">Robert Lee Beach<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Swanson,Allison<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'ATHENS ' <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">We’re having some debate on our campus about whether it’s ok to skip heading levels or not. I’ve always understood that it was best not to, but WCAG doesn’t explicitly state this. What is the consensus from actual
screen reader users? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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