Rule n° 144 - The language of downloadable files is mentioned when it differs from the original page.

Goal

• Avoid pointless downloads for users.
• Inform users about the files they’re going to download.
• Improve the accessibility of content for people with disabilities.

Implementation

Indicate the language of the document content:

• Either in the link wording;
• Or by the title attribute of the link.

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Control

For each download link leading to a document written in a different language, check that the language of the file to download can be known:

• By information given in the wording of the link;
• By the title attribute of the link containing and completing the caption of this link;
• By information given in the context of the link: paragraph or li listing element where it is included, title of the preceding section, header cell of the table associated with the relevant table;
• Or by generic information on a help page.

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