Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

6 results found in accessibility policy.

ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
A non-profit, non-governmental body that accredits US post-secondary programmes in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ABET’s Computing Accreditation Commi…
Accessibility Certification (Third-Party Accessibility Certification, Accessibility Accreditation)
A formal assessment and endorsement of a website or digital product's accessibility by an independent third-party organisation, as distinct from voluntary self-declaration of conformance. Certificatio…
Accessibility Statement (Accessibility Page, Accessibility Declaration)
A public declaration on a website or application that describes its accessibility features, known limitations, conformance level with accessibility standards (such as WCAG), contact information for re…
Corporate Accessibility (Enterprise Accessibility, Organizational Accessibility Programme)
The structured efforts by companies and organisations to ensure their products, services, and communications are accessible to people with disabilities. Corporate accessibility encompasses accessibili…
Standards Harmonization (Standards Harmonisation, Accessibility Standards Alignment)
The effort to align web accessibility standards and guidelines across different jurisdictions, organizations, and markets to create a unified set of requirements that developers and content creators c…
Ubiquitous Accessibility (Accessibility Everywhere)
A vision for accessibility in which individuals can invoke their needed assistive technologies or access features on any computing device they encounter, rather than being limited to personally owned …