Accessibility standard requirements
10: If Using Frames, Title All Frames Within the Page Frameset
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All documents within the frameset of your Web page should be titled using
the ‘TITLE’ attribute to facilitate navigation with screen
readers and text-based browsers.
(Reference: W3C: 12.1;
DOJ, Section 508: i)
Note: The use of frames often presents problems for search indexing, book marking, or printing content. If the intent of your frameset is to provide navigation elements, your cause is better served by using server-side includes or the site management features of a robust design program.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"> <HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Title of Your Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET cols="10%, 90%" TITLE="Our library of electronic documents"> <FRAME SRC="nav.html" title="Navigation bar">
<FRAME SRC="doc.html" title="Documents">
<NOFRAMES>
<A HREF="lib.html" TITLE="Library link">
Select to go to the electronic library</A>
</NOFRAMES>
</FRAMESET>