Semantic HTML and Accessibility

Semantic HTML and accessibility is the term used in web development and design, to describe how we present web document and content.

As the world of technology evolves there has been a lot of devices to read and present the content of the website for an easier display and readabilities, this development has brought about using the right tag and attribute for displaying and presentation of web content.

Semantic HTML is the markup tag of html document that gives meaning to web page content for easy interpretation by the browser for the user, rather than just a presentation, it gives meaning for any device to display a web page appropriately.

There are lot of semantic HTML tags for accessibility today and is as follows:

The paragraph tag <p>, this is a tag in HTML that gives a signal to devices and browser that any letter that’s wrapped around that tag should be paragraph text and it will always behave as such, this will give such a text an appropriate display and accesibility on any devices and browser.

there are lot of ways and benefit one should adhere to the semantic HTML for easier accessibility on the web, its just by using the right tag for the right content on the web, because there are devices thats used by blind peop;e if chosen a wrong semantic role for a content such device might not be able to recognice the type of content it’s for such a blind person, so it’s always good to follow the semantic HTML style rule for web content accessibility.

The structure and display of a website has a lot to do with semantic HTML implemented when building a website, and these are the common template to follow to make our website more accessible and presentable on any device.

Firstly let start with Declaring a language for the web which the HTML, the boiler plate for all website. Declaring a language is important for screen readers and search engines, and is declared with the lang attribute. Use the following to show a web page in English:

Let move on , we also have a title tag, we want to give our website, the title tag is very important for SEO and recommendation on search engine.

The title attribute specifies extra information about an element. The information is most often shown as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element.

These are the list of semantic HTML to use when building a website or designing a software application.

o <abbr>Abbreviation

o <acronym>Acronym

o <blockquote>Long quotation

o <dfn>Definition

o <address>Address for author(s) of the document

o <cite>Citation

o <code>Code reference

o <tt>Teletype text

o <div>Logical division

o <span>Generic inline style container

o <del>Deleted text

o <ins>Inserted text

o <em>Emphasis

o <strong>Strong emphasis

o <h1>First-level headline

o <h2>Second-level headline

o <h3>Third-level headline

o <h4>Fourth-level headline

o <h5>Fifth-level headline

o <h6>Sixth-level headline

o <hr>Thematic break

o <kbd>Text to be entered by the use

And so many more, by complying with the semantic HTML rule we can make web content and web page more accessible to user.

thanks for reading.

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