Customer Charter | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Data request | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Contact form | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Strategy | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Data collection | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Overview | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Oireachtas queries | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Data Protection | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Who we work with | National Cancer Registry Ireland

NCRI in the news | National Cancer Registry Ireland

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

August 2025

July 2025

National Cancer Registry Board

	Title / URL	Issues
	Customer Charter \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/about/customer-charter	1
	Data request \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/statistics/data-request	1
	Contact form \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/contact-us/contact-form	1
	Strategy \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/about/strategy	1
	Data collection \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/data-collection	1
	Overview \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/about/overview	1
	Oireachtas queries \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/contact-us/oireachtas-queries	1
	Data Protection \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/about/data-protection	1
	Who we work with \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/about/who-we-work-with	1
	NCRI in the news \| National Cancer Registry Irelandwww.ncri.ie/en/news/ncri-in-the-news	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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