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and
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elements must only directly contain properly-ordered
and
groups, (WCAG 1.3.1)", "description": "
elements must only directly contain properly-ordered
and
groups, . Detected by axe-core rule definition-list on 2 of 570 scanned pages (4 instances).", "examples": [ { "url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/getting-medicaid-chip", "xpath": "dl:nth-child(4)", "html_snippet": "
" }, { "url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/getting-medicaid-chip", "xpath": "dl:nth-child(6)", "html_snippet": "
" }, { "url": "https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip", "xpath": "dl:nth-child(4)", "html_snippet": "
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