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Frame Rules

HTML Markup Details

title attribute
The title attribute of a frame should provide a short description of the purpose of a frame in a frameset.

Accessibility Evaluation Rules

Frame Evaluation Rules
no. FAE 2007 FAE 2008 Description
1 Pass/Fail Pass/Fail

Every frame element must have a title attribute with content that describes the purpose of the frame.

Implementation Notes

  • Hidden frames can be titled as "hidden 1", "hidden 2", "hidden 3" and etc...
2 N/A Pass/Fail

The title attribute content for each frame must be unique within a frameset.
3 N/A Pass/Warning

Hidden or empty frames should not be used.

Implementation Notes:

  • Frames are considered hidden if the frameset markup does not provide any area for the frame to be rendered on the graphical display.
  • Frames are considered empty if there is no src attribute content or if the src attribute references a web page that has no content in the body of the document.

FAE Rule Implemetation

FAE 2007
The Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) currently implements FAE 2007 rules.
The Illinois Firefox Accessibility Extension currently implements these rules.
FAE 2008
The FAE 2008 rules are designed to optimize the rules for implementation of Section 508, W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Illinois Information technology Accessibility Act requirements and are based on the requirements of these standards and experience with the problems of FAE 2007.
The Illinois Firefox Accessibility Extension currently implements some of these rules.

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