Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
48 results found in Standards.
- Tagged PDF (Structured PDF, Accessible PDF)
- A PDF document that contains semantic structure tags defining the logical reading order, headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, and figures — enabling screen readers and other assistive technologies to …
- UWEM (Unified Web Evaluation Methodology)
- The Unified Web Evaluation Methodology (UWEM) is a standardized European methodology for evaluating web accessibility conformance with WCAG. Developed through EU-funded projects including the European…
- Verifiable Credential (VC)
- A cryptographically signed statement about a person, organisation, or object that a relying party can verify without contacting the issuer, following the W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model. Verifia…
- WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)
- A programme of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that develops strategies, standards, and supporting resources to make the web accessible to people with disabilities. WAI is responsible for producin…
- WCAG Compliance (WCAG Conformance, Web Accessibility Compliance)
- The degree to which a website or web application meets the requirements specified in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). WCAG defines three conformance levels (A, AA, AAA) with increasing…
- WCAG Conformance Levels (WCAG Levels, Level A, Level AA, Level AAA, Conformance Levels)
- WCAG defines three levels of conformance that indicate the degree to which web content meets accessibility requirements. Level A is the minimum, addressing the most critical barriers that would comple…
- WHODAS 2.0 (WHODAS, WHO Disability Assessment Schedule, World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0)
- WHODAS 2.0 is the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, version 2.0, a standardized instrument that measures health and disability across six life domains: cognition, mobility, sel…
- Web Compliance Engineering
- A discipline within Web Engineering focused on the application of quality assurance, testing, and management processes to ensure that web applications conform to standards, policy environments, and ot…