Plain text documents. Not applicable to technologies that contain markup.
This technique relates to:
The objective of this technique is to use text formatting conventions to convey the structure of the content. Headings are used to locate and label sections of a text document, showing the organization of the document.
The beginning of a heading is indicated by
two blank lines preceding the heading
The end of a heading is indicated by
a blank line following the heading
A blank line contains any number of non-printing characters, such as space or tab, followed by a new line.
A paragraph is followed by two blank lines, then a heading, then one blank line, then another paragraph:
Example Code:
...this is the end of paragraph 1.
The Text of the Heading
This is the beginning of paragraph 2.
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For each heading in the content:
Check that each heading is preceded by two blank lines
Check that each heading is followed by a blank line
Check that no heading contains any blank lines
All of the checks above are true.
If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.