Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 593 on California Groundbreakers page

Here is how tools diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 593 of the California Groundbreakers page.

Basics

• About the role redundant issue
  • Why it matters: Document includes unnecessary code
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• About the California Groundbreakers page
  • URL: https://www.californiagroundbreakers.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 593
  • Tag name: FOOTER
  • Text: HOME … We respect your privacy.
  • Start tag: <footer id="footer" role="contentinfo">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[4]/footer[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 0, y = 4125, width = 1920, height = 307

Diagnoses

1. The explicitly-assigned ARIA role "contentinfo" is redundant with the implicit role of the element <footer>

   Tool: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant

2. The contentinfo role is unnecessary for element footer.

   Tool: Html Checker API (World Wide Web Consortium)