# Providing links to navigate to related Web pages

ID: G125

Technology: general

Type: Technique

## When to Use

All technologies that contain links

## Description

The objective of this technique is to make it possible for users to locate additional information by providing links to related Web pages. It is one of a series of techniques for locating content that are sufficient for addressing Success Criterion 2.4.5. Links are a basic component of the World Wide Web. They are the mechanism that makes the Web an interconnected Web of content. Most authors employ this technique automatically when creating Web pages.

## Examples

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 contains links to definitions of terms used in guidelines and Success Criteria, links to documents explaining how to meet different Success Criteria, a table of contents for each section containing links to different subsections of that section, and a Comparison of WCAG 1.0 checkpoints to WCAG 2.0. As users browse the document, they can follow these links to find related information.

## Tests

### Procedure

For each link in the Web page:

1. Check whether the link leads to related information.

### Expected Results

- Check #1 is true.

## Related Techniques

- G63
- G64
- G126
- G185

## Resources

- Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One