Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
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- Accessibility Inspector (Xcode Accessibility Inspector)
- A developer tool included with Apple's Xcode development environment that allows developers and QA testers to audit iOS, macOS, and other Apple platform apps for accessibility issues. The tool can run…
- Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR, AIR-Austin)
- An annual web-development competition run by Knowbility (based in Austin, Texas) in which teams of developers are paired with non-profit clients and judged partly on the accessibility of the websites …
- Accessibility Linter (A11y Linter, Accessibility Lint)
- A static analysis tool that scans source code — typically HTML, CSS, and related web technologies — for accessibility violations against standards such as WCAG. Accessibility linters can be integrated…
- Accessibility Live Region (accessibilityLiveRegion, Android Live Region)
- An Android accessibility attribute that tells TalkBack to automatically announce changes to a view's content, without requiring the user to move focus to it. Developers set it on a view to make dynami…
- Accessibility Map (Accessible Route Map, Wheelchair Accessibility Map)
- A map that displays information about the physical accessibility features and barriers of an environment, such as the presence of curb ramps, steps, slopes, surface conditions, and accessible entrance…
- Accessibility Maturity (Accessibility Maturity Model, Digital Accessibility Maturity)
- A framework for assessing how well an organization has integrated accessibility into its culture, processes, and products, typically measured across dimensions such as leadership commitment, policy, t…
- Accessibility Maturity Model (Accessibility Maturity, Digital Accessibility Maturity)
- A framework for assessing how well an organization has integrated accessibility into its culture, processes, and outputs. Maturity models typically progress through stages from ad hoc or reactive appr…
- Accessibility Metadata (A11y Metadata, Accessibility Annotations)
- Structured information that describes the accessibility features, hazards, or access modes of digital content. Accessibility metadata can be embedded within content (such as alt text in HTML) or store…
- Accessibility Metric (Web Accessibility Metric, Accessibility Score)
- A quantitative measure used to assess and compare the accessibility quality of web pages or websites. Accessibility metrics typically calculate a score (often 0-100%) based on the number and severity …
- Accessibility Metric (Web Accessibility Metric, Accessibility Quality Metric)
- An accessibility metric is a quantitative measure used to assess the level of accessibility compliance of a web page or website. Metrics typically derive from the results of automated or manual evalua…
- Accessibility Metrics (Web Accessibility Metrics, Accessibility Scores, Accessibility Measurement)
- Quantitative methods for measuring and scoring the accessibility level of websites or digital content. Accessibility metrics typically work by evaluating web pages against checkpoints derived from sta…
- Accessibility Monitoring (Web Accessibility Monitoring, Accessibility Observatory)
- Accessibility monitoring is the ongoing process of tracking and measuring the accessibility level of websites or digital products over time. Because web content is frequently updated, changes can inad…
- Accessibility Object Model (AOM)
- The Accessibility Object Model (AOM) is a proposed W3C web standard that aims to give JavaScript developers direct programmatic access to the browser's accessibility tree. While WAI-ARIA allows author…
- Accessibility Overlay (A11y Overlay, Accessibility Widget, Accessibility Plugin)
- A third-party software product that applies a layer of JavaScript over a website claiming to automatically fix accessibility issues, typically through a toolbar widget offering features like text resi…
- Accessibility Paradox
- The accessibility paradox describes the gap between organizations' stated commitments to accessibility and the lived realities of disabled employees, who often encounter inaccessible tools, documents,…
- Accessibility Persona (Disability Persona, Inclusive Persona)
- A detailed, realistic description of a hypothetical user with specific disabilities, assistive technology configurations, and usage contexts, used during design and evaluation to help teams consider a…
- Accessibility Policy (Web Accessibility Policy, Digital Accessibility Policy)
- A formal organizational document that defines an institution's commitment to digital accessibility, typically specifying the standards to be followed (such as WCAG conformance levels), roles and respo…
- Accessibility Progress Formula (APPF, Accessibility Progress Percentage)
- A formula for quantitatively tracking progress in addressing accessibility issues on a website, expressed as APPF = A / ((A + B) + (T - C)), where A is the number of applicable checklist items that ha…
- Accessibility Remediation (A11y Remediation, Accessibility Repair)
- The process of identifying and fixing accessibility barriers in digital products such as websites, mobile applications, or documents to bring them into compliance with accessibility standards and make…
- Accessibility Repair (Automated Accessibility Repair, Accessibility Remediation)
- Accessibility repair refers to the process of identifying and fixing accessibility barriers in digital content, ranging from manual remediation by developers to automated tools that can detect and cor…