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WCAG 2.0 Test Suite for HTML

Editors:

Chris Ridpath

Jenae Andershonis

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(e-mail: [email protected])

Disclaimers

• This test suite does not represent a consensus of the working group.
• This test suite attempts to represent all the accessibility features of HTML 4.01, but should not be considered as a definitive list. Comments on the current or additional tests should be sent to the editors.
• This test suite is considered an informative resource of the WCAG and may change at anytime without notice.

References

Preamble

Listed below are the accessibility checks that are required for each WCAG HTML Technique.

01 Uncategorized

1.1 Use of the title attribute

• FRAME must have a TITLE attribute.
• OBJECT must have a TITLE.
• OBJECT must have a valid TITLE.

1.2 Meta redirect

• Auto-redirect should not be used.

1.3 Meta refresh

• Auto-refresh should not be used.

02 Metadata

2.1 The title element

• Document must contain a title element.
• TITLE must contain at least 1 character.
• TITLE must be less than 150 characters.
• TITLE should not contain placeholder text.
• TITLE must describe the document.

2.2 The address element

2.3 The !doctype statement

• Document must have a valid DOCTYPE declaration.

2.4 The link element and navigation tools

2.5 The link element and alternative documents

03 Structural Grouping

3.1 Section headings

• Header nesting - H2 must follow an H1.
• Header nesting - H3 must follow an H2.
• Header nesting - H4 must follow an H3.
• Header nesting - H5 must follow an H4.

3.2 Style headers

• Header H1 must not be used for formatting.
• Header H2 must not be used for formatting.
• Header H3 must not be used for formatting.
• Header H4 must not be used for formatting.
• Header H5 must not be used for formatting.
• Header H6 must not be used for formatting.

04 Language

4.1 Identifying changes in language

• Words not in the document's primary language must be identified.

4.2 Identifying the primary language

• Document language must be identified.
• Document must have valid language code.

05 Text Markup

5.1 Emphasis

• B element should not be used (use EM or STRONG instead).
• I element should not be used (use EM or STRONG instead).

5.2 Abbreviations

• Abbreviations must be marked with ABBR element.

5.3 Acronym

• Acronyms must be marked with ACRONYM element.

5.4 Short Quotations

5.5 Long Quotations

• Use the blockquote element to mark up block quotations.

5.6 Misuse of blockquote

• BLOCKQUOTE must not be used for indentation.

5.7 Markup and style sheets rather than images: The example of math

5.8 Eight other structural elements (to identify citations, code fragments, deleted text, and others)

06 Lists

6.1 Ordered lists

6.2 Use style sheets to change list bullets

07 Data Tables

7.1 The caption element

7.2 The title attribute on the table element

7.3 Summarizing tables

• Data table must have a SUMMARY.

7.4 Terse substitutes for header labels

7.5 Identifying groups of rows

7.6 Identifying groups of columns

7.7 Specifying the set of data cells for which each header cell provides header information

7.8 Associating header cells with data cells

7.9 Categorizing data cells

7.10 Misuse of the pre element

7.11 Row and column headings

08 Layout Tables

8.1 Table elements allowed in layout tables

8.2 Summaries of layout tables

• Layout table may have a SUMMARY but only if it's null.

8.3 Linear reading order of tables

09 Links

9.1 Supplement link text with the title attribute

9.2 Text for images used as links

• Alt descriptions for images used as links are descriptive of the link destination.

9.3 Image and text links side by side

9.4 Link Groups

9.5 tabindex to skip link groups

9.6 Skipping Link Groups

• Large number of links require a skipover link.

9.7 Hide link groups

9.8 Keyboard access

9.9 Anchors and targets

9.10 Using FRAME targets

10 Images

10.1 Short text equivalents for img elements ("alt-text")

• Image must have an ALT attribute
• ALT text should not be the same as the file name.
• ALT text should be less than 150 characters.
• Important images should not have null ALT text
• Important images should not have spacer ALT text
• ALT text should not be placeholder text.
• ALT text can't be empty (null or all spaces) if image is used as an anchor.

10.2 Image titles

10.3 Short text equivalents for object elements ("alt-text")

• OBJECT must have a text equivalent.

10.4 Long descriptions of images

• Image may require a long description (LONGDESC).

10.5 Long description of objects

10.6 D links

• Image may require a long description (d-link).

10.7 Describe images without longdesc

10.8 ASCII art

• ASCII art should be replaced with image.
• ASCII art should have a skip-over link.

10.9 Emoticons

11 Image Maps

11.1 Use Client Side Image Map

• Server-side image maps must also have a client-side image map.

11.2 Provide text links for server side image maps

• Server-side image maps must have text links.

11.3 Provide redundant text links for client side image map

• Client-side image maps must have duplicate text links.

11.4 Provide alt for area

• Imagemap AREA elements must have ALT text.

12 Programmatic Objects

12.1 Text and non-text equivalents for applets and programmatic objects

• OBJECT must have a text equivalent.

12.2 Alt content for embed

12.3 Alt text for embed

12.4 Embedding multimedia objects

13 Frames

13.1 Providing a frame title

• Frame must have a valid TITLE.

13.2 Describing frame relationships

• Relationship between frames must be described.

13.3 Writing for browsers that do not support FRAME

• FRAMESET must have a NOFRAMES section.

13.4 Frame sources

• FRAME source must be HTML.

13.5 Descriptive links for inaccessible frame source

13.6 Alternative content for iframe

• IFRAMES must have alternate content.

13.7 Longdesc for iframe

14 Forms

14.1 Tab order in forms

14.2 Grouping form controls

14.3 Grouping options of select elements

14.4 Labeling form controls

• INPUT controls must have an associated label.

14.5 Place-holding characters in empty controls

14.6 Text equivalents for submit buttons