Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
42 results found in content accessibility.
- Information Graphics (Infographics, Data Graphics, Statistical Graphics)
- Visual representations of data, information, or knowledge designed to present complex information quickly and clearly. Common types include bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, scatter plots, and more…
- Jenga Format
- Jenga format is a content transformation technique designed to enhance web page readability for non-native English readers. Developed by Chen-Hsiang Yu and Robert C. Miller at MIT, it restructures tex…
- Long Description (Extended Description, longdesc)
- A detailed textual description of an image or other non-text content that goes beyond the brief summary provided by alt text. Long descriptions are used for complex images such as charts, diagrams, in…
- Media Accessibility (Accessible Media)
- The practice of ensuring that media content — including images, videos, audio, GIFs, memes, and other multimedia formats — is perceivable and understandable by people with diverse abilities. Media acc…
- Minimum Viable Description (MVD)
- Minimum viable description (MVD) is an emerging framework for audio description that establishes the foundational level of visual information needed to provide equal access to video content without in…
- Multilingual Accessibility (Multilingual Web Accessibility)
- The practice of ensuring that web content and digital services are accessible to people with disabilities across multiple languages and cultural contexts. Multilingual accessibility sits at the inters…
- Multilingualism (Multilingual Accessibility, Language Diversity)
- The use of or support for multiple languages within a system, platform, community, or society. In the context of digital accessibility, multilingualism refers to the design and development of websites…
- Non-Visual Reference Database (Non-Visual Cooking Database)
- A proposed structured collection that maps common visual descriptions used in cooking and other domains to their non-visual equivalents using texture, sound, smell, time, and temperature descriptors. …
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that are freely available for use, adaptation, and redistribution. OER can include textbooks, course materials, videos, assessments, and softwa…
- SMILES (Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry System)
- A text-based notation system that represents chemical molecular structures as short character strings, making them both machine-readable and human-readable. For accessibility, SMILES is significant be…
- Semantic Annotation (Semantic Markup, Semantic Tagging)
- The process of adding machine-readable metadata to web content that describes the meaning of the content rather than its visual presentation. Unlike HTML markup which primarily specifies how content s…
- Semantic Level (Semantic Content Level, Alt Text Semantic Level)
- A framework for categorizing the depth of information conveyed in alt text descriptions of data visualizations, introduced by Lundgard and Satyanarayan. The four levels are: Level 1 (construction deta…
- Single-Source Publishing (Single-Source Authoring, Multi-Channel Publishing)
- An authoring and publishing methodology where content is written and maintained in one master source and then automatically transformed into multiple output formats such as HTML, PDF, Braille, or mobi…
- Slide Accessibility (Presentation Accessibility, Accessible Presentations, Accessible Slides)
- The practice of designing and delivering slide presentations so they can be fully accessed and understood by people with disabilities, particularly screen reader users. Key requirements include settin…
- User-Generated Content Accessibility (UGC Accessibility)
- The practice of ensuring that user-generated content such as online reviews, forum posts, comments, and social media contributions is accessible to people with disabilities. Unlike curated website con…
- Visual Description (Visual Content Description)
- The practice of conveying visual information through non-visual means, primarily text or speech. Visual description encompasses various contexts including image descriptions, alternative text, audio d…
- Visual Descriptor (Visual Cue, Visual Doneness Indicator)
- A description in instructions or content that relies on visual appearance to convey information, such as "cook until golden brown," "the mixture should be translucent," or "form into patties." Visual …
- Visual-Syntactic Text Formatting (VSTF)
- Visual-Syntactic Text Formatting (VSTF) is a content presentation method that formats text based on its syntactic structure, using indentation, line breaks, and visual grouping to align with the gramm…
- Web Clutter (Page Clutter, Visual Clutter)
- Non-essential elements on a web page that do not contribute to the primary content or user task, such as advertisements, decorative images, redundant navigation, social media widgets, and promotional …
- Web Localization (Website Localization, L10n)
- The process of adapting a website for a specific locale or market, going beyond text translation to include technical and visual modifications such as adjusting layouts for different text directions, …