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Accessibility glossary

299 definitions from the accessibility standards, each linked to the criteria that use it.

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1 definition
  • Text linked to the table that identifies the content of a data table clearly and concisely.

    2 criteria

A

28 definitions
  • shortened form of a word, phrase, or name where the abbreviation has not become part of the language

  • The image is declared as "decorative" (for example in Microsoft Office) or "artefact" (Acrobat Pro), so that it is not part of the content made…

  • Examples of accessibility features: a component for loading a more contrasting colour palette for users; a font size enlargement component; a…

    6 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Accessibility information is all the information (attributes, programmatic relationships, alternatives, etc.) required to make content accessible.…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • supported by users' assistive technologies (opens in a new tab) as well as the accessibility features in browsers and other user agents (opens in a…

  • In the framework, the expression "operable by keyboard and any pointing device" also refers to this definition.

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • "Accessible name" rendered by assistive technologies.

    1 criterionRAWEBRAPDF
  • For information to be accessible to assistive technologies, it must be made available to them, either through the software itself or via an…

    2 criteria
  • Downloadable documents whose format types are recognised as compatible with accessibility must be made accessible either directly or via an…

    2 criteria
  • Downloadable documents whose format types are recognised as compatible with accessibility must be made accessible either directly or via an…

    2 criteria
  • Activation time for blinking or moving content: time during which the blinking or movement is active.

  • Adjacent background colour: background colour directly in contact with the outer edge of the user interface component or graphic element .

  • Colour directly in contact with the colours of the component or graphic element, this can be the background colour or any other colour in direct…

  • Colour directly in contact with the colours of the graphic element, such as the background colour or any other colour in direct contact.

  • Link or button presented adjacent to an element on the page. The link or button must be visually adjacent in the graphic representation (CSS enabled)…

  • An "audio only" version is an audio version, in the form of a simple file in MP3 format for example, used as an alternative to a video only (video…

    RAWEBRAAM
  • Text or process associated with the script by means of an appropriate technique and enabling a function or content similar to that offered by the…

    1 criterion
  • Content that replaces another providing the same information but may be presented in a different way. This content may be in text form, but it may…

  • document including correctly sequenced text descriptions of time-based visual and auditory information and providing a means for achieving the…

  • Text identical to the content of an image of text. The alternative version can be made available by means of an anchor adjacent to the image or a…

  • Intent cannot be determined from the link and all the information on the web page presented to the user at the same time as the link (i.e. a reader…

    RAWEBWCAG
  • A user interface component whose activation allows the appearance of the site or page to be modified so that content is displayed with a sufficient…

    3 criteria
  • picture created by a spatial arrangement of characters or glyphs (typically from the 95 printable characters defined by ASCII)

  • hardware and/or software that acts as a user agent (opens in a new tab) , or along with a mainstream user agent, to provide functionality to meet the…

  • the technology of sound reproduction: Note: Audio can be created synthetically (including speech synthesis), recorded from real world sounds, or…

  • narration added to the soundtrack to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone

  • Narration added (via a sound file) to an audio track to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main audio track alone.…

    4 criteria
  • a time-based presentation that contains only audio (opens in a new tab) (no video (opens in a new tab) and no interaction)

B

6 definitions
  • User identification or control methods based on biological characteristics may be, for example

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • switch back and forth between two visual states in a way that is meant to draw attention

  • This is generally content produced using animated images (e.g. GIF format).

  • more than one sentence of text: Source: WCAG 2.2 definition of “blocks of text” (opens in a new tab) (W3C)

  • Element of a form that allows you to perform a predefined action. For example, the submit button on a form sends the collected information to the…

    1 criterion
  • Links whose function is to allow navigation within the page (skip link, link to the search form or menu, etc.). These links can be used either to…

    1 criterion

C

33 definitions
  • A CAPTCHA is a test used to distinguish a human user from a computer. The test often uses images containing distorted text, mixed with other shapes…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAMWCAG
  • synchronized visual and/or text alternative (opens in a new tab) for both speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the media…

  • Major changes that, if made without user awareness, can disorient users who are not able to view the entire page simultaneously.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAMWCAG
  • The element is made available adjacent to the object identified by the criterion in the graphical representation and in the keyboard navigation…

    1 criterion
  • Region of a responsive image to which an action has been associated; for example, triggering an event by clicking on a link (for a client-side…

  • A task that requires the user to remember, manipulate, or transcribe information. Examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Content of a cell in a data table (usually the first cell in a column or row) which serves as the heading for all or some of the cells in the column…

    2 criteria
  • Content or feature must be compatible with assistive technologies and with the accessibility functions of browsers and other user agents via an…

    3 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • A complex action is one in which the downward and upward actions of the pointer are inseparable events in the action, so that it is not possible for…

  • A simple gesture involves touching a single point on the screen. It can be a single press or click, a double press or click, or a long press.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • A data table is a structure introduced by a tag or when it is correctly rendered by assistive technologies by a tag with a WAI-ARIA role="table"…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAMRAPDF
  • This refers to content such as diagrams or schemas created by the drawing, schema and diagram generation tools offered by office editing tools.

  • An interactive component mixed with non-interactive elements (text, for example) and which is not visually distinguishable from the non-interactive…

    2 criteria
  • In HTML, link containing both text and one or more image children:

  • The ARIA role of an element can be computed in two ways:

  • satisfying all the requirements of a given standard, guideline or specification

  • version that: conforms at the designated level, and provides all of the same information and functionality (opens in a new tab) in the same human…

  • Understandable content is readable (the order of the elements is logical) and coherent (the reading sequence is consistent).

    2 criteria
  • Form field labels present on the same page or in a set of web pages and requiring the same information to be entered must be worded unambiguously so…

    1 criterionRAWEBRAPDF
  • information and sensory experience to be communicated to the user by means of a user agent (opens in a new tab) , including code or markup that…

  • help text that provides information related to the function currently being performed

  • Marked opposition between the luminosity of a foreground colour and a background colour. The contrast ratio is based on the difference in relative…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • The standard distinguishes between several sizes of text to be evaluated, each size having a contrast threshold. These sizes are evaluated in pixels…

    1 criterion
  • (L1 + 0.05) / (L2 + 0.05), where: L1 is the relative luminance (opens in a new tab) of the lighter of the colors, and L2 is the relative luminance…

  • Allows the user to stop or restart an automatically triggered sound.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • The ability for the user to control the display or playback of moving or blinking content using at least the keyboard and mouse.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Any environment in which access to information, technologies, conditions of use and user profiles can be known and controlled. The main elements…

  • A complex image or form that contains at least one piece of information essential to understanding the content with which it is associated.

  • any sequence where words and paragraphs are presented in an order that does not change the meaning of the content

  • When a criterion, test or test condition requires the rendering of a device to be checked, it must be ensured that the rendering is compatible with…

  • Content written using misused characters. For example, emoticons, figures written with characters, symbol characters or text written with…

    1 criterionRAWEBRAPDF
  • visual angle of about 0.0213 degrees: A CSS pixel is the canonical unit of measure for all lengths and measurements in CSS. This unit is…

  • This concerns the following properties: color , background-color , background , border-color , border , outline-color , outline .

D

19 definitions
  • A data table is a structure introduced by a tag or when it is correctly rendered by assistive technologies by a tag with a WAI-ARIA role="table"…

    6 criteriaRAWEBRAAMRAPDF
  • Data table with an attribute or containing a tag whose content acts as a title.

    2 criteria
  • Indication of the data type and format expected when entering a form input field. For example

    1 criterionRAWEBRAAM
  • An image or complex shape that does not provide any information essential to understanding the content with which it is associated.

  • Graphic element having no function and conveying no specific information in relation to the content with which it is associated. Examples:

    1 criterion
  • Image with no function and conveying no particular information in relation to the content with which it is associated.

    1 criterion
  • Indication of the document's main processing language, which may be present on the html root element or on each element of the relevant page via the…

    2 criteria
  • A design pattern is a model defined in the WAI-ARIA 1.1 Authoring Practices (opens in a new tab) document which describes the structure, roles and…

  • Content associated with a graphic element in addition to its textual alternative in order to fully describe the information conveyed by the element.

    2 criteriaRAAMRAPDF
  • Content associated with an image in addition to its text alternative in order to fully describe the information conveyed by the image. The detailed…

    2 criteria
  • Sometimes a graphic element is presented in different states. For example, a star voting system where the number of stars of a certain colour…

  • The generic term "digital accessibility rules" refers to the RAWeb , the RAAM , the RAPDF or the EN 301 549 standard (opens in a new tab) , depending…

    14 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • File, set of files, streaming media or any other distinct content that does not constitute a collection of items, does not belong to a software and…

  • Set of elements used to define the main areas of an HTML page, such as the page header region, the main and secondary navigation regions, the main…

    1 criterion
  • Metadata used to give a title to the document, generally entered in the document properties.

  • Set of reference data which allows user agents to know the technical characteristics of the languages used on the web page ( doctype tag).

    2 criteria
  • The documentation for a website or support service can be

    11 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • platform event that occurs when the trigger stimulus of a pointer is depressed

  • an operation where the pointer engages with an element on the down-event (opens in a new tab) and the element (or a representation of its position)…

E

8 definitions
  • A web application or editing component in a web page that allows content to be created or modified for distribution to other users. An editing tool…

    6 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • a sudden, unexpected situation or occurrence that requires immediate action to preserve health, safety, or property

  • Text and image of text at enlarged size is greater than or equal to 150% or 120% bold compared to the default size.

  • All the processes that warn the user about:

  • A set of processes that warn the user of mandatory fields, expected type or format indications and input errors in a form. Error management can be…

    3 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • if removed, would fundamentally change the information or functionality of the content, and information and functionality cannot be achieved in…

  • Explicit indication (e.g. "See caption below") or common term (e.g. "Image: [alternative]" and "Image: [caption]") between the alternative and the…

  • audio description that is added to an audiovisual presentation by pausing the video (opens in a new tab) so that there is time to add additional…

F

11 definitions
  • a pair of opposing changes in relative luminance (opens in a new tab) that can cause seizures in some people if it is large enough and in the right…

  • pixels that are changed to visually indicate when a user interface component (opens in a new tab) is in a focused state (opens in a new tab)

  • Value assigned to the fonts on a web page.

    1 criterion
  • This contains information about the operation of the site or legal information. For example, you will find the legal notice, credits, terms of use,…

  • A form does not necessarily have to be wrapped in a tag or a tag with a WAI-ARIA role="form" attribute.

    10 criteria
  • Interactive object allowing the user to enter data. Form input fields cover a wide range of input types:

  • Text close to the form field that indicates the nature, type or format of the information expected. The label can be associated with the form field…

    4 criteria
  • Object of a form allowing the user to: Enter textual or pre-formatted data: input type="text" ; input type="password" ; input type="search" ; input…

    3 criteria
  • Frame: HTML element ( tag) used to display content on the web page in which it is implemented.

    2 criteria
  • value of the title attribute of the or tag, used to identify the nature of the content displayed via the frame when the user navigates from frame to…

    2 criteria
  • processes (opens in a new tab) and outcomes achievable through user action

G

4 definitions
  • a flash (opens in a new tab) or rapidly changing image sequence is below the threshold (i.e., content passes ) if any of the following are true:

  • Element using a visual representation such as images, pictograms or graphics.

    7 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • A graphic element that conveys information needed to understand the content with which it is associated.

    4 criteria
  • When a text adjacent to a graphic element contains information about the graphic element (e.g. copyright, date, author, etc.) or is intended to…

    1 criterion

H

8 definitions
  • Cell used as a heading for a column, a row, part of a column, part of a row or groups of rows or columns (merged header).

  • Area at the top of the document generally containing the document title, a logo, a slogan, etc

  • HTML element ( h tag) with 6 levels of hierarchy (from h1 for the most important heading to h6 for the least important) or HTML element with WAI-ARIA…

    1 criterion
  • In most office publishing software, the style library proposes a specific style for each heading level, generally up to six levels.

  • In office content, headings must be declared using a heading style. For example, office suites provide a library of styles reserved for headings. By…

  • Any feature available from a content editing interface, whatever the target format, which supports the author of the content in taking into account…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Assistive technologies (in particular screen readers) do not render content hidden via

    1 criterion
  • language that is spoken, written or signed (through visual or tactile means) to communicate with humans

I

22 definitions
  • Links whose accessible names, combined with the link context (previous heading, sentence) are identical.

  • Two links are said to be identical when the accessible name of link x is equal to the one of link y. This definition applies to all types of links:…

  • phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the meaning of the individual words and the specific words cannot be changed without losing the meaning

  • Rendering elements such as decorative graphic elements that do not provide relevant information can create complex consultation conditions by…

    1 criterion
  • When a text adjacent to an image contains information about the image (e.g. copyright, date, author, etc.) or is intended to supplement the…

    1 criterion
  • An image that conveys information necessary for understanding the content with which it is associated.

    5 criteria
  • An image in which all or part of the content visually conveys information through colour alone.

  • In HTML, link containing only one or more children of the image type

  • Note: in HTML5, the ismap attribute is obsolete and non-compliant for image type buttons ( input type="image" ).

  • The clickable or non-clickable area of a client-side image map, or the clickable area of a server-side image map.

  • Image displaying text. Note: the use of image of text is not recommended. Where it is possible to reproduce the same effects in CSS, critère 1.8…

    1 criterionRAWEBRAPDFWCAG
  • Image generated by the tag and displaying text.

  • For example: The presence of a visual marker, to indicate the active page in a navigation menu (indication given by position); Foregrounding to…

    3 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Any essential indication that is conveyed only by a change in the shape or size of text content or by the position of an element in a text.

  • Text indication enabling the user to know what type of data and/or input format is required.

  • Text or graphic indication (icon) letting the user know whether a field is mandatory or optional before entering data.

  • Information conveyed visually through colour. The indication that fields in red are mandatory in a form, the use of a blue background to indicate the…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Information conveyed visually by means of colour. For example

  • for information purposes and not required for conformance

  • information provided by the user that is not accepted

  • For character-by-character input, the smallest text input unit is the character.

    1 criterionRAWEBRAAM
  • In a drop-down list ( tag), a set of items ( tags) which can be grouped together according to their nature. The purpose of grouping is to identify…

    1 criterion

J

1 definition
  • words used in a particular way by people in a particular field

K

5 definitions
  • It is possible to apply presentation effects to captions (text colour, style, font) in order to convey information to users (e.g. identify the person…

    RAWEBRAAM
  • Feature which consists of printing (on the screen, in an input zone for example) a character several times as long as the corresponding key on the…

    1 criterion
  • interface used by software to obtain keystroke input

  • A means of triggering an action associated with a user interface component by pressing one or more keys.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAMWCAG
  • A keyboard trap occurs when a user navigating with the keyboard from a position on the screen (e.g. a form field, a button, a complex component)…

    1 criterion

L

19 definitions
  • Text associated with a form input field, allowing the nature of the input to be identified and understood.

    RAPDFWCAG
  • The label and its field must be visually close so that the relationship between the two cannot lead to confusion.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAMRAPDF
  • WAI-ARIA provides roles that enable navigation landmarks to be identified. These roles are very useful for screen reader users in particular, but…

  • Indicating language changes is necessary to tell assistive technologies to modify the speech output of an element. Language changes affect all…

    2 criteria
  • A 2-character (ISO 639-1) or 3-character (ISO 639-2 and following) code used to indicate the language of a document or passage of text. The language…

    1 criterion
  • with at least 18 point or 14 point bold or font size that would yield equivalent size for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) fonts

  • Technique which uses an HTML element ( tag) to control the display of information via cells ( tag).

    2 criteria
  • transactions where the person incurs a legally binding obligation or benefit

  • HTML provides a way of titling groups of related form controls using the elements and .

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAPDF
  • The order in which the content of a presentation table is displayed when the content is scanned cell by cell.

  • In HTML: tag with a href attribute; Tag with a WAI-ARIA role="link" attribute and whose navigation action is handled by a script. In SVG tag with…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAPDF
  • The link context represents the additional information (referred to as context information) that can be related by a computer program to the…

    RAWEBRAPDF
  • nature of the result obtained by activating a hyperlink

  • A link which can be confused with normal text when it is indicated by colour alone by certain types of users who have little or no perception of…

    1 criterionRAWEBRAPDF
  • The list of available values (opens in a new tab) is provided by the WCAG 2.1 specification:

  • In office content, lists must be declared using a list style. For example, office suites provide a library of styles reserved for unordered lists…

  • A sequence of elements which can be grouped together in the form of a structured ordered, unordered or definition list. For example, the sequence of…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • information captured from a real-world event and transmitted to the receiver with no more than a broadcast delay

  • the two or three year period of education that begins after completion of six years of school and ends nine years after the beginning of primary…

M

14 definitions

N

12 definitions
  • text by which software can identify a component within web content to the user

  • A component must have an appropriate role and name. Its values, states and any parameters must also be accessible and correctly passed on to the…

    RAWEBRAAM
  • Platforms have native controls, for example a native color picker for colour selection, a calendar or a specific field containing the format control…

    1 criterion
  • navigated in the order defined for advancing focus (from one element to the next) using a keyboard interface (opens in a new tab)

  • Order in which the focus moves (to the next element or to the previous element). The natural order is the one implemented in the source code. When it…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAMRAPDF
  • Any process enabling navigation within the site or within a page. The navigation systems used are

    1 criterion
  • Region of an image map to which no action is associated. A client-side non-clickable area is contained in an tag:

  • This is a document presenting form fields as simple graphic areas, for example

  • any content that is not a sequence of characters that can be programmatically determined (opens in a new tab) or where the sequence is not expressing…

  • Content that does not take place in time, which can be viewed using svg and canvas elements; for example, an interactive animation created using a…

    4 criteria
  • Text and image of text in normal size is less than 150% or 120% bold compared to the default size.

  • required for conformance: Note 1: One may conform in a variety of well-defined ways to this document. Note 2: Content identified as " informative…

O

3 definitions
  • Image embedded in or generated by an tag.

  • on the most common sized desktop/laptop display with the viewport (opens in a new tab) maximized

  • Only for layout purposes: use of HTML tags for a purpose other than that specified in the specifications (with regard to the declared document type).…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM

P

18 definitions
  • The content of the tag on a web page, enabling the content/nature of the page to be identified clearly, concisely and uniquely ("Site map…

    2 criteria
  • One or more passages of text identified by id values which are unique in the page and associated with an element (form field, button, etc.) by the…

  • stopped by user request and not resumed until requested by user

  • continuous line forming the boundary of a shape not including shared pixels, or the minimum bounding box (opens in a new tab) , whichever is shortest.

  • Personal data concerning the user in a form can be

    1 criterion
  • input from a device that can target a specific coordinate (or set of coordinates) on a screen, such as a mouse, pen, or touch contact

  • information that is not live (opens in a new tab)

  • rendering of the content (opens in a new tab) in a form to be perceived by users

  • Visual rendering of content via a browser in graphic mode. Presentation concerns the style, position and dimensions of HTML elements and their…

    1 criterion
  • A table used to display information in cells without the need for a column or row header.

  • Corresponds to JavaScript event handlers considered as down events ( mousedown , touchstart for example).

    RAWEBRAAM
  • six year time period that begins between the ages of five and seven, possibly without any previous education

  • Primary control functions are the basic functions of a media player: play, pause, stop, audio control.

    1 criterion
  • series of user actions where each action is required in order to complete an activity

  • determined by software from author-supplied data provided in a way that different user agents (opens in a new tab) , including assistive technologies…

  • additional information that can be programmatically determined (opens in a new tab) from relationships (opens in a new tab) with a link, combined…

  • set by software using methods that are supported by user agents (opens in a new tab) , including assistive technologies (opens in a new tab)

  • serving only an aesthetic purpose, providing no information, and having no functionality

Q

1 definition
  • QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Array) resolution is a display standard corresponding to a size of 320 pixels X 240 pixels (i.e. 76,800 pixels).

    RAWEBRAAM

R

16 definitions
  • Indicates the reading direction of the document or a passage of text via the dir attribute, dir="ltr" , for example. The two recognised values are

    1 criterion
  • event that a) occurs at the same time as the viewing and b) is not completely generated by the content

  • Real-time text (RTT) communication is a form of written communication which allows the other party to read the text being written by the sender,…

    10 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Process which consists of redirecting the user to another page, on the same domain or on a different domain, when displaying a page on the client…

  • A technique for modifying the content of one or more elements of a web page. The refresh process can be carried out by automatically reloading the…

    1 criterionRAWEBRAAM
  • perceivable, programmatically determined (opens in a new tab) section (opens in a new tab) of content

  • In a form, a set of fields which can be grouped together according to the nature of the information required. The purpose of grouping is to identify…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • meaningful associations between distinct pieces of content

  • the relative brightness of any point in a colorspace, normalized to 0 for darkest black and 1 for lightest white

  • Relay services allow users, regardless of their mode of communication (text, sign, speech) to interact during real-time remote communication with…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Corresponds to JavaScript event handlers considered as up events ( mouseup , touchend for example).

    RAWEBRAAM
  • the content would not conform (opens in a new tab) if that technology (opens in a new tab) is turned off or is not supported

  • In an office environment, the rendering order is determined by the order in which content is written. However, certain bad practices can disrupt the…

  • Mechanism generally based on CSS, allowing the user to replace text with image of text and vice versa on the principle of style switcher. The…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Method that allows the user to get a version of the document with sufficient contrast.

  • text or number by which software can identify the function of a component within Web content

S

31 definitions
  • same result when used: Example: A submit "search" button on one web page and a "find" button on another web page may both have a field to enter a…

  • same position relative to other items: Note: Items are considered to be in the same relative order even if other items are inserted or removed from…

  • the success criterion does not evaluate to 'false' when applied to the page

  • Code generally written in the form of a list of commands (e.g. JavaScript). Client-side interpreted languages require a compatible browser on which…

    4 criteria
  • Area giving direct access (form) or indirect access (interface element giving access to the form) to the search engine which enables searches to be…

    1 criterion
  • a self-contained portion of written content that deals with one or more related topics or thoughts

  • Web pages linked together to form a coherent set of web pages within a website. For example, the pages of a specific section, the pages of a blog or…

    5 criteriaRAWEBWCAG
  • The conditions for rendering a text alternative using assistive technologies (e.g. a screen magnifier) require it to be as short as possible. A…

  • a language using combinations of movements of the hands and arms, facial expressions, or body positions to convey meaning

  • translation of one language, generally a spoken language, into a sign language (opens in a new tab)

  • an input modality that only targets a single point on the page/screen at a time – such as a mouse, single finger on a touch screen, or stylus.

  • Dedicated page presenting the tree structure of a website, generally in the form of lists of links organised into headings and sub-headings giving…

    2 criteria
  • a sensory experience that is not purely decorative and does not primarily convey important information or perform a function

  • dynamic property expressing characteristics of a user interface component (opens in a new tab) that may change in response to user action or…

  • A status message informs the user of a content change on the page without interrupting their main activity (there is no change of context, for…

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAMWCAG
  • Source: WCAG 2.2 definition of “structure” (opens in a new tab) (W3C)

  • These are the formats and styles used to structure content (headings, lists, paragraphs, etc.). When these formats or styles are used to create…

  • property whose value determines the presentation (e.g. font, color, size, location, padding, volume, synthesized speech prosody) of content elements…

  • The CSS language for formatting content elements (examples: page background colour, font size/colour, positioning of information on the web page,…

    2 criteria
  • Text whose formatting is controlled by a style sheet.

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Subtitles are in a language other than the language of the video.

    1 criterionRAWEBRAAM
  • Alternation of relative luminance which can cause seizures in some people if they are large enough in a specific frequency range.

    1 criterion
  • Alternating relative brightness that can cause seizures in some people, if they are large enough in a specific frequency range.

    1 criterion
  • A summary (of table) is a passage of text associated with a complex data table. It provides information about the nature and structure of the table…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • additional content (opens in a new tab) that illustrates or clarifies the primary content

  • A support service can be: the feedback mechanism identified in the website's accessibility statement, a help desk, a call centre, technical support,…

    3 criteria
  • A support service can be: the feedback mechanism identified in the application's accessibility statement, a help desk, a call centre, a technical…

    3 criteria
  • Link contained in a element. In the case of an SVG link (version 1.1), the "accessible name" is obtained as follows: Passage of text associated with…

  • Narration added (via a sound file) to an audio track to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main audio track alone.…

    6 criteria
  • Text of audio information (a character's words, noise that is important for understanding the action, etc.) present in a time-based medium and…

    10 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • audio (opens in a new tab) or video (opens in a new tab) synchronized with another format for presenting information and/or with time-based…

T

17 definitions
  • region of the display that will accept a pointer action, such as the interactive area of a user interface component (opens in a new tab)

  • mechanism (opens in a new tab) for encoding instructions to be rendered, played or executed by user agents (opens in a new tab)

  • A template is a document format with predefined parameters. It is used to insert content edited by the author. A template has presentation, usage and…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Graphic element used in a test, a CAPTCHA or a graphic element used as a test in a quiz or game. Example: a series of graphic elements presents a…

    1 criterion
  • Image used in a test, captcha or image used as a test in a quiz or game.

    1 criterion
  • sequence of characters that can be programmatically determined (opens in a new tab) , where the sequence is expressing something in human language…

  • Text associated with an image or complex shape that provides information equivalent to that conveyed by the image or complex shape.

    RAPDFWCAG
  • "Accessible name" rendered by assistive technologies for graphic elements such as:

    3 criteria
  • Graphic element displaying text. The use of graphic elements containing text is not recommended. Where it is possible to reproduce the same effects…

    1 criterion
  • In HTML, link containing no child element of type

  • The video time stamp is the time value declared in the caption file.

    3 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Time-based media can be broadcast in real time or offered for playback asynchronously (pre-recorded media).

    31 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • A toggle control is a control that can have 2 or 3 states, so the user-defined state is persisted to the next state. It can be a screen lock control…

    1 criterion
  • Textual content associated with a time-based media object using the appropriate technique (text encoded in HTML or in a text file located on the same…

    4 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Process managed automatically by the editing tool. There are two types of transformation:

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM
  • Two-way voice communication applications are applications that allow 2 or more people to speak simultaneously. Videoconferencing applications, which…

    7 criteria
  • Two-way voice communication web applications are applications that allow 2 or more people to speak simultaneously. Videoconferencing web applications…

    7 criteria

U

8 definitions
  • Understandable content is readable (the order of the elements is logical) and coherent (the reading sequence is consistent).

    2 criteria
  • These are documents in which the structural elements (headings, lists, paragraphs, etc.) are absent.

  • platform event that occurs when the trigger stimulus of a pointer is released

  • words used in such a way that requires users to know exactly which definition to apply in order to understand the content correctly

  • any software that retrieves and presents web content for users

  • any continuous period of time where no user actions occur

  • A user interface component is an element with which the user can interact, for example a button, a link or an input. Some components can be more…

    7 criteriaRAWEBRAAMWCAG
  • data that is intended to be accessed by users

V

9 definitions
  • the technology of moving or sequenced pictures or images

  • a time-based presentation that contains only video (opens in a new tab) (no audio (opens in a new tab) and no interaction)

  • Possibility for the user to control the viewing of time-based media by means of the keyboard and any pointing device, at least. The following points…

    1 criterionRAWEBRAAM
  • object in which the user agent (opens in a new tab) presents content

  • Content is visible when it is shown on the web page, either when the page loads or after an interface component is activated (e.g., displaying a…

    1 criterion
  • Text displayed as a visible label on the screen within a button or link.

  • Text displayed as a visible text on the screen within a button or link.

  • the font, size, color, and background can be set

  • In a spoken communication system (e.g. telephony), functions can be made available, for example

    2 criteriaRAWEBRAAM

W

5 definitions
  • a non-embedded resource obtained from a single URI using HTTP plus any other resources that are used in the rendering or intended to be rendered…

  • These are web pages (created in HTML and CSS) embedded in a mobile application. Web views can be entire application screens or just parts of screens…

  • Set of all web pages: Connected by web links; Belonging to the same domain name (e.g. design.numerique.gouv.fr); Which form a coherent whole from the…

  • Focus is the state returned by an element that receives attention following a user action. There are three ways in HTML to give focus to an element:

    2 criteria
  • The source code must comply with the following rules in accordance with the document type declaration used in the page