From the course: Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers
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Semantic markup
From the course: Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers
Semantic markup
- [Instructor] Semantic markup is a factor in making websites accessible. What is semantic markup? Well, for coders, semantic markup is a way to code HTML that makes more sense because elements have names like article or form, instead of just generic names like div, which is short for division. Now, you don't need me to tell you what a header tag defines or a footer. nav is short for navigation content, and a link is, well, you know, a link. So accessible design uses semantic markup to make content more accessible to people with disabilities. And as a collateral asset, semantic markup makes it much easier for search engines to connect people with your webpage and content. Semantic markup can help blind people, because browsers can announce the kind of content a user is interacting with, like a form or a link. And within a webpage, semantic markup allows browsers to announce to a blind visitor where she or he is on a…
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