Web accessibility
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Definition
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web content developers (page authors and site designers) and for developers of authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessibility. However, following them will also make Web content more available to all users, whatever user agent they are using (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in a hands-free environment, etc.). Following these guidelines will also help people find information on the Web more quickly. These guidelines do not discourage content developers from using images, video, etc., but rather explain how to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience.
, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 retrieved 12:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC).
Standards and recommendations
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0,W3C Recommendation 5-May-1999
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview
- Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review, W3C Working Draft 14 May 2008
- WAI-ARIA, the Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite
Bodies
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Consult this pages for more W3C documents.