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8.3 On each web page, is the default language present?

WCAG references
  • 3.1.1 Language of Page (A)
Techniques
  • H57

Official methodology to test criterion 8.3

Test 1 (8.3.1)

  1. Find the default language indication in the document.
  2. Check for the presence of a language indication
    • either using the lang attribute on the html tag if the code is HTML5 or HTML4;
    • or using the lang and xml:lang attributes on the html tag if the code is XHTML 1.0;
    • or using the xml:lang attribute on the html tag if the code is XHTML 1.1;
    • otherwise, check for the presence of a language indication on each text element or one of its parents.
  3. If this is the case, the test is validated.