Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 603 on Hesperian Health Guides page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://hesperian.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:37 by job 261007T2129-2eu
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 947
  • Violators: 295
  • Issues: 57
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Pour)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: FOOTER
• Text: © Copyright - Hesperian Health Guides | Hesperian is a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization | Privacy Policy -
• Start tag: <footer class="container_wrap socket_color" id="socket" role="contentinfo" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/WPFooter">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/footer[1]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 2793, width = 1920, height = 52
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 603 of the Hesperian Health Guides page.

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

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant