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DPUB Specific WCAG HTML Techniques
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A11Y DPUB Techniques based on WCAG > DPUB Specific WCAG HTML Techniques
These WCAG Techniques are currently under review by the Digital Publishing Interest Group's Accessibility Task Force. Any changes marked are a draft and are NOT approved by the DPUB Accessibility Task Force and the WCAG Working Group
| Technique | Applies to DPUB | Owner | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2: Combining adjacent image and text links for the same resource | Yes | Brijesh | Icon and link: navigation by clicking on either on the icon/ image or the link. |
| H4: Creating a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects | Yes | Brijesh | Logical tab control for filling a form. |
| H24: Providing text alternatives for the area elements of image maps | Yes | Brijesh | When clicked, detailed text can be displayed to describe the image. Can be used as an image description, larger in size than an ALT attribute. |
| H25: Providing a title using the title element | Yes | Brijesh | Currently EPUB title element is retrived from OPF. If this element is used, part/ chapter/ section titles could be displayed/ rendered on top of each page. |
| H27: Providing text and non-text alternatives for object | Yes | Brijesh | Text/ Non-text (Audio/Video) objects as alternatives. Important for persons with disabilities to access best alternative. |
| H28: Providing definitions for abbreviations by using the abbr and acronym elements | Yes | Brijesh | When hovered, provides a definition of an abbreviation. |
| H30: Providing link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor elements | Yes | Brijesh | Link text without a title description as at H33. |
| H32: Providing submit buttons | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H33: Supplementing link text with the title attribute | Yes | Brijesh | Title description for a hyperlink |
| H34: Using a Unicode right-to-left mark (RLM) or left-to-right mark (LRM) to mix text direction inline | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H35: Providing text alternatives on applet elements | Not Applicable | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15 | |
| H36: Using alt attributes on images used as submit buttons | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H37: Using alt attributes on omg elements | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H39: Using caption elements to associate data table captions with data tables | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H40: Using definition lists | Yes | Brijesh | Can be used as a glossary. |
| H42: Using h1-h6 to identify headings | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H43: Using id and headers attributes to associate data cells with header cells in data tables | Yes | Brijesh | Important for accessibility - digital talking book |
| H44: Using label elements to associate text labels with form controls | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H45: Using longdesc | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H46: Using noembed with embed | Yes | Brijesh | Fallback embeded object - noembed text description. |
| H48: Using ol, ul and dl for lists or groups of links | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H49: Using semantic markup to mark emphasized or special text | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H51: Using table markup to present tabular information | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H53: Using the body of the object element | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H54: Using the dfn element to identify the defining instance of a word | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H56: Using the dir attribute on an inline element to resolve problems with nested directional runs | Yes | Brijesh | Direction in an inline content. Useful for multilingual text rendering. |
| H57: Using language attributes on the html element | Applicable | ||
| H58: Using language attributes to identify changes in the human language | Yes | Brijesh | Blockquote language attribute. |
| H59: Using the link element and navigation tools | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H60: Using the link element to link to a glossary | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H62: Using the ruby element | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H63: Using the scope attribute to associate header cells and data cells in data tables | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H64: Using the title attribute of the frame and iframe elements | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H65: Using the title attribute to identify form controls when the label element cannot be used | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H67: Using null alt text and no title attribute on img elements for images that AT should ignore | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H69: Providing heading elements at the beginning of each section of content | Yes | Brijesh | Header/ Chapter/ Part header at the beginning of each section. |
| H70: Using frame elements to group blocks of repeated material | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H71: Providing a description for groups of form controls using fieldset and legend elements | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H73: Using the summary attribute of the table element to give an overview of data tables | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H74: Ensuring that opening and closing tags are used according to specification | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H75: Ensuring that Web pages are well-formed | Yes | Brijesh | |
| H76: Using meta refresh to create an instant client-side redirect | Refinement may be needed | Brijesh | We need to work on a use case. Can be used for interactive learning objects. |
| H77: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing list item | Yes | Mia | |
| H78: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing paragraph | Yes | Mia | |
| H79: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with its enclosing table cell and associated table headings | Yes | Mia | |
| H80: Identifying the purpose of a link using link text combined with the preceding heading element | Yes | Mia | |
| H81: Identifying the purpose of a link in a nested list using link text combined with the parent list item under which the list is nested | Yes | Mia | |
| H83: Using the target attribute to open a new window on user request and indicating this in link text | Yes | Mia | |
| H84: Using a button with a select element to perform an action | Yes | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15 | |
| H85: Using OPTGROUP to group OPTION elements inside a SELECT | Yes | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15 | |
| H86: Providing text alternatives for ASCII art, emoticons, and leetspeak | Not Applicable | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15ia | |
| H87: Not interfering with the user agent's reflow of text as the viewing window is narrowed | Yes | Mia | |
| H88: Using HTML according to spec | Yes | Mia | |
| H89: Using the title attribute to provide context-sensitive help | Not Applicable | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15 | |
| H90: Indicating required form controls using label or legend | Yes | Mia | |
| H91: Using HTML form controls and links | Yes | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15 | |
| H92: Including a text cue for colored form control labels | Yes | Mia | |
| H93: Ensuring that id attributes are unique on a Web page | Yes | A11Y DPUB Meeting 4/2/15 | |
| H94: Ensuring that elements do not contain duplicate attributes | Yes | Mia |
March 2016
DPUB Accessibility TF Working DRAFT