Contentinfo Landmark

A contentinfo landmark is a way to identify common information at the bottom of each page within a website, typically called the "footer" of the page, including information such as copyrights and links to privacy and accessibility statements.

ARIA 1.2 Specification: contentinfo landmark.

Design Patterns

• Each page may have one contentinfo landmark.

• The contentinfo landmark should be a top-level landmark.

• When a page contains nested document and/or application roles (e.g. typically through the use of iframe and frame elements), each document or application role may have one contentinfo landmark.

• If a page includes more than one contentinfo landmark, each should have a unique label.

• The HTML footer element defines a contentinfo landmark when its context is the body element.

• The HTML footer element is not considered a contentinfo landmark when it is descendant of any of following elements:

  • article
  • aside
  • main
  • nav
  • section

HTML Example

<footer>

<h2>Contact, Policies and Legal<h2>

.... contentinfo area content ....

</footer>

A role="contentinfo" attribute is used to define a contentinfo landmark.

ARIA Example

<div role="contentinfo" >

<h2>Contact, Policies and Legal<h2>

.... contentinfo area content ....

</div>