Book an exam | RIAM

Royal Irish Academy of Music | RIAM

Venue Hire at RIAM | RIAM

Spotlight Awards | RIAM

Exam Syllabi | RIAM

College Calendar | RIAM

Page not found | RIAM

Music Therapy | RIAM

Exam Supports | RIAM

Junior RIAM | RIAM

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.

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May 2025

April 2025

Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin

Title / URL	Issues
Book an exam \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/riam-exams/book-an-exam	2
Royal Irish Academy of Music \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/	2
Venue Hire at RIAM \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/venue-hire-at-riam	2
Spotlight Awards \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/spotlight-awards	2
Exam Syllabi \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/exam-syllabi	2
College Calendar \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/college-calendar	2
Page not found \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Music Therapy \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/music-therapy	2
Exam Supports \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/riam-exams/exam-supports	2
Junior RIAM \| RIAMwww.riam.ie/junior-riam	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin

Where this issue has occurred