Kilotest: Diagnoses of link names a file instead of a purpose violation by HTML element 86 on Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page

Basics

About the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page

• URL: https://www.iatp.org/
• Tested 30 days ago by job qmf on 2026-05-03 at 04:33

About HTML element 86

• Tag name: A
• Text: LATEST
• Start tag: <a href="/latest" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[1]/ul[1]/li[2]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1300, y = 262, width = 78, height = 31

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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 86 of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy page.

1. <p>This link's text is:<br> <strong>Latest url(&quot;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iatp.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;default&#x2F;themes&#x2F;iatp&#x2F;css&#x2F;dropdown-arrow.07c36ed7.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