Heading 8: Headings nested in landmarks

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	Violations	Warnings	Manual Checks	Passed	Hidden
Number of Elements	-	-	-	14	2

Definition	Headings must be properly nested within a landmark.
Purpose	Headings provide a way to indicate the structure and to label the sections of content within a landmark. Headings and there associated heading levels provide a way for people using assistive technology to understand and navigate the structure of the content within a landmark.
WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria	1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A, Primary Success Criterion) Other Related Success Criterion: 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A) 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA) 2.4.10 Section Headings (Level AAA)
Rule Category	Headings
Scope	Element
Target Resources	Landmark elements `h1` `h2` `h3` `h4` `h5` `h6`
Techniques	Use an `h1` element for the first heading in `main` landmarks. Use an `h2` element for the first heading in other top level landmarks. Use heading elements to identify the content of each section within a landmark. Properly nest of heading elements within a landmark (e.g. `h2` follows `h1` headings, `h3` follows `h2` headings, ...).
Informational Links	Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0 Specification: contentinfo role

Element Identifier	Result	Element Position	Message

Element Identifier: Information about the element associated with the result.; The information typically includes the tag name, accessible name or other information related to the rule requirements.; "Page" means that the result applied to the page. For example, the rule "One main landmark on the page" is a page level rule.

Element Position: The element position is based on the DOM order of elements in the page.; The element position maybe useful in helping to locate a specific element on the page evaluated (e.g smaller numbers are typically toward the beginning of a page and larger numbers typically toward the end of a page).; Element position 1 is the first element.; The highest element position is the last element.; Element position values for most rule/page results will not be consecutive since a rule only applies to a sub set of elements found on a page.

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