Goal

• Let users know, in a timely manner, whether their tools will allow them to view the downloadable files.
• Reduce server load by avoiding needless downloads.
• Improve the accessibility of content for people with disabilities.

Implementation

At the very least, provide a help page indicating the file format offered if it is unique.

Better, indicate the format for each link used to download a file.

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Control

For each download link, check that it is possible to know its format using:

• Generic information given in a help page;
• Information given next to the link: paragraph orli listing element where it is included, title of the preceding section, table header cell associated with the relevant table;
• The title attribute of the link taking and completing the caption of this link;
• Information given in the wording of the link;
• An icon with alternative text indicating the file format.

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