Kilotest: Diagnoses of svg image not named violation by HTML element 77 on Center for Democracy and Technology contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/contact/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:47 by job 261007T1941-aey
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 742
  • Violators: 358
  • Issues: 45
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
• Violations: 34
• Violators: 34

About the violator

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: Topics
• Start tag: <span class="icon icon--nav-item icon--expandable button__icon button--nav-item__icon button--expandable__icon :icon-caret" data-pattern="icon">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]/div[1]/menu[1]/li[1]/a[1]/span[2]
• Bounding box: x = 1195, y = 83, width = 20, height = 20
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the svg image not named issue for HTML element 77 of the Center for Democracy and Technology contact page.

1. The element <code>svg</code> does not have an accessible description. Use one of the following solutions to describe element purpose: <code><title>, <desc>, <text>, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-describedby, aria-roledescription</code>. For decorative purpose add an attribute <code>role="presentation"</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: accessible_svg