Kilotest: Diagnoses of link names a file instead of a purpose violation by HTML element 406 on Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page

Basics

About the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page

• URL: https://www.iatp.org/
• Tested 38 days ago by job s2z on 2026-04-24 at 19:46

About HTML element 406

• Tag name: A
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <a href="https://iatp.org/feeds" class="feeds">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/footer[1]/div[1]/section[1]/div[1]/div[1]/ul[1]/li[5]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 370, y = 4039, width = 44, height = 44

About the link names a file instead of a purpose issue

• Why it matters: User may fail to understand what a link points to
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the link names a file instead of a purpose issue for HTML element 406 of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page.

1. <p>This link's text is:<br> <strong>url(&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iatp.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;themes&#x2F;iatp&#x2F;css&#x2F;feeds-logo.34e99b55.svg&quot;)</strong></p> <p><a href="https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text" title="Opens in new tab" target="_blank">Links should be meaningful and concise</a>. Readers often skim by link titles. This is especially true of screen reader users, who navigate using a list of on-page links.</p> <p>A linked URL breaks this pattern; the reader has to read the preceding paragraph to figure out the link's purpose from context.</p> <ul> <li>Meaningful and concise link: "Tips for writing meaningful links"</li> <li>Linked URL, as pronounced by a screen reader: "H T T P S colon forward-slash forward-slash example dot com forward-slash tips forward-slash meaningful-links"</li> </ul>

   Tool: Editoria11y (Princeton University)

   Rule: linkTextIsURL