# Links with the same name must have a similar purpose

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Check that all links with the same accessible name fulfill the same function.

This guideline is significant since the goal is to assist viewers in understanding the purpose of each link in the material so they may determine whether or not to follow it. Links with the same destination should have the same descriptions, but links with different purposes and destinations should have different descriptions (see also **Success Criterion 3.2.4**), which calls for consistency in identifying components with the same functionality). Links can be understood when they are out of context, such as when the user agent presents a list of all the links on a page, because the purpose of a link can be inferred from its link text.

<h3>What this Accessibility Rule Checks</h3>

This rule's algorithm yields:

* **Undefined** for a native link with the `href` attribute but no visible name.
* **Undefined** when there is no accessible name for an ARIA link.
* **Undefined** when the accessible name of an ARIA link is merely a collection of unicode (emoji, punctuation, nonBmp) characters.
* **True** for native links with an accessible name and a `href` attribute value.
* **True** for ARIA links with accessible names (for example, a `area` with `map` used in a `image` element).
* **True** for native links having `href` attribute values and a name that can be found (that also has emoji, nonBmp and punctuation characters).