Web: accessibility and languages
WCAG
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: the W3C standard of testable accessibility criteria, at levels A, AA and AAA.
The current version, WCAG 2.2, is a W3C Recommendation. Each success criterion is testable, for example text contrast, keyboard access, visible focus, labels on form fields and text alternatives for images. Laws and procurement rules usually point to level AA; AAA is not expected for whole sites.
Related terms
- Accessibility (a11y): Building software that people with disabilities can use: with a keyboard, a screen reader, zoom or captions.
- Numeronym (a11y, i18n, k8s): A word shortened to its first letter, the number of letters in between and its last letter, like a11y for accessibility.
