Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 321 on America Walks page

Here is how tools diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 321 of the America Walks page.

Basics

• About the role redundant issue
  • Why it matters: Document includes unnecessary code
  • Priority: lowest
  • Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• About the America Walks page
  • URL: https://americawalks.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:21
• About HTML element 321
  • Tag name: FOOTER
  • Text: Programs … © 2008 - 2026 America Walks | PO Box 30833, Seattle, WA 98113 | EIN 04-3401323 | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
  • Start tag: <footer class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/footer[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 240, y = 4659, width = 1440, height = 400

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)