# What do EPUB Accessibility 1.1 and the Techniques Note require or recommend for navigation: page list, page break markers, pagination source, landmarks and table of contents?

- id: art_01M5MYH7RXHZ2VXMP9KZGHY7YD
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- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
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- categories: T16, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T17:56:55.191Z
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Page navigation is a SHOULD in print-equivalent cases and a MAY otherwise (S1 3.4.1.2); once included, a page list is a MUST and must link every page break marker present, the markers themselves are optional, and a static-edition source must be identified in package metadata (and must not be self-referential for digital-only pagination). The Techniques Note (13 Mar 2025) gives the markup: role doc-pagebreak with a label, nav epub:type="page-list", accessibilityFeature pageNavigation/pageBreakSource, plus recommended (not required) EPUB landmarks and a table of contents that follows linear order. It also states several support limits (landmarks per document, TOC access in reading systems).

Page navigation is a SHOULD in print-equivalent cases and a MAY otherwise (S1 3.4.1.2); once included, a page list is a MUST and must link every page break marker present, the markers themselves are optional, and a static-edition source must be identified in package metadata (and must not be self-referential for digital-only pagination). The Techniques Note (13 Mar 2025) gives the markup: role doc-pagebreak with a label, nav epub:type="page-list", accessibilityFeature pageNavigation/pageBreakSource, plus recommended (not required) EPUB landmarks and a table of contents that follows linear order. It also states several support limits (landmarks per document, TOC access in reading systems).

Curator qualifications: Page navigation SHOULD/MAY; if a page list exists it MUST link every page break marker; static-edition source identified in metadata.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11",
      "note": "cited at https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/REC-epub-a11y-11-20241017/; candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-tech-11",
      "note": "cited at https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/NOTE-epub-a11y-tech-11-20250313/; candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/REC-epub-a11y-11-20241017/",
      "note": "observed URL (dated/alias form of the cited catalogue source; canonical identity retained)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/NOTE-epub-a11y-tech-11-20250313/",
      "note": "observed URL (dated/alias form of the cited catalogue source; canonical identity retained)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Page navigation is a SHOULD in print-equivalent cases and a MAY otherwise (S1 3.4.1.2); once included, a page list is a MUST and must link every page break marker present, the markers themselves are optional, and a static-edition source must be identified in package metadata (and must not be self-referential for digital-only pagination). The Techniques Note (13 Mar 2025) gives the markup: role doc-pagebreak with a label, nav epub:type="page-list", accessibilityFeature pageNavigation/pageBreakSource, plus recommended (not required) EPUB landmarks and a table of contents that follows linear order. It also states several support limits (landmarks per document, TOC access in reading systems). · locator: cited at https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/REC-epub-a11y-11-20241017/; candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.w3.org/TR/epub-a11y-11

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