General Guidelines (referred to in table)

1. Separate structure and content from presentation.
2. Use elements appropriately, such as proper nesting of headings and list items."
3. Provide alternative forms of information that is necessary to access the page. 
4. Provide meta information that is needed to make a page more usable.
5. Provide information or mechanisms to assist navigation of the page by assistive technologies 
(mostly interim solutions that should become obsolete with improvements in user agents and assistive technologies).
6. Allow users to pause or discontinue updates and movement.

7. Avoid using non-standard elements and graphic conventions (ASCII art, proprietary elements, image maps as submit buttons)."
8. Provide a text-only version of the page if the page cannot be made accessible.
9. Ensure that new technologies fail gracefully when not supported.



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Table Headings
current #: 	
current rating: 	
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what rating should be: 	
when rating occurs: 	
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Table Items  (for ease the first table label is not provided.  It appears directly after the three *'s.   It is the OLD Guideline number.

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2.1
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 1
New Rating: [Required] 
current text: Provide alternative text for all images and image maps.
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: always
General Guideline #: "3,4"

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8.3
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 1.1
New Rating: 
current text: "Provide alternative text for images used as ""submit"" buttons."
what rating should be: Delete -Redundant with 1
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: ??

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new
current rating: 
New group #: 2
New Rating: [Required] 
current text: "Provide a long description for graphics, scripts or applets that provide important information. (charts, diagrams, pop up information, information displays, etc.)"
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: always
General Guideline #: 

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2.2
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 2.1
New Rating: 
current text: Provide a longer description for graphics that present important information (especially charts and diagrams).
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: always
General Guideline #: "3,4"

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3.1
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 2.2
New Rating: 
current text: Provide alternative presentations of content for each script and applet that conveys information.
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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new
current rating: 
New group #: 3
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Provide an alternate mechanism for all scripts or applets that perform an important function.  Make the script or applet cross disability accessible as well if possible.
what rating should be: 
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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3.3
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 3.1
New Rating: 
current text: "If an applet requires user interaction (e.g., the ability to manipulate a physics experiment) that cannot be duplicated in an alternative format, make the applet directly accessible."
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Current/Future
General Guideline #: 3

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3.2
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 3.2
New Rating: 
current text: "Provide alternative mechanisms for each script and applet that performs an important function, other than presentation of information."
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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4.1
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 4
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Provide a text transcript of all audio information.
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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4.6
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 4.1
New Rating: 
current text: "Use the ""title"" attribute to provide a brief description of a very short sound."
what rating should be: strategy for 4
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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4.2
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 5
New Rating: [Required]
current text: "Provide descriptions of all video information in an auditory form, synchronized with the audio track. "
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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4.3
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 6
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Provide descriptions of all video information in a text format.
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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4.4
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 7
New Rating: [Required]
current text: "Synchronize text and video description information with audio/video information [, either directly or via a synchronization file.]"
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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8
current rating: [Required]
New group #: Make pages backward compatibile.  Ensure that they fail gracefully for browsers that do not support newer features (also applies to scripts and tables??)
New Rating: 
current text: 
what rating should be: 
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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7.1
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 8.1
New Rating: 
current text: Ensure that pages are readable and usable without frames.
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Current/Old browsers/ATs (still a big problem in future??)
General Guideline #: "9,3"

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1.2
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 8.2
New Rating: 
current text: Ensure that pages are readable and usable without style sheets
what rating should be: Accessibity
when rating occurs: Backwards compatibility
General Guideline #: 1

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9.1
current rating: [none]
New group #: 9
New Rating: [Required]
current text: "If, after best efforts, any page is still not accessible, provide a link to an alternative page that is accessible, has equivalent information, and is maintained with the same frequency as the inaccessible page. "
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: "8,3"

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7.2
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 10
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Do not include an image directly in a frame -- put it in a separate document. {so alt-text can be attached}
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: "Always (unless can associate alt-text w/image in some way in the future, e.g. title on FRAME)"
General Guideline #: 3

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8.7
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 11
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "Include default, place-holding characters in edit boxes and text areas. "
what rating should be: Accessibility (for older browsers) 
when rating occurs: Older browsers/ATs
General Guideline #: 5

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5.2
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 12
New Rating: change to Recommended ?
current text: Avoid using tables to format text documents in columns.
what rating should be: Accessibility/Severe usability
when rating occurs: Current browser/AT
General Guideline #: "6,1"

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5.3
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 13
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "For tables of text and numbers, provide an alternative page that presents the table information in a linear fashion. "
what rating should be: Accessibility/Severe usability
when rating occurs: Current browser/AT
General Guideline #: 6

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5.4
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 14
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Avoid using tables to layout a page.
what rating should be: Accessibility/Severe usability
when rating occurs: Current browser/AT
General Guideline #: 6

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5.1
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 15
New Rating: [Required]
current text: "Associate table cells with row and column labels explicitly (for complex tables). (Complex = column spanning titles, multiple data points per cell,  what else?, )"
what rating should be: Accessibility/Severe usability/Usability [depends on structure of table] 
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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4.5
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 16
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Provide visual notification of sounds that are played automatically.   (note that transcript of sound is already required)
what rating should be: Accessibility/Severe usability/Usability [depends on the purpose of the sound] 
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 3

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7.4
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 17
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Describe the layout and purpose of frames and how multiple frames relate to each other.
what rating should be: Accessibility/Usability [dependent on how frames are used] 
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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new
current rating: 
New group #: 18
New Rating: Required
current text: "Enable keyboard operation of all page elements.   (Image Maps, scripts, applets, form elements, links, etc.)   "
what rating should be: 
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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2.3
current rating: [Required] 
New group #: 18.1
New Rating: [Required] 
current text: Ensure that image map information is accessible and keyboard navigable.
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: always
General Guideline #: "3,4"

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3.6
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 18.2
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Make scripts and applets keyboard-operable. 
what rating should be: Accessibility
when rating occurs: Current/Future
General Guideline #: 5

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6.3
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 18.3
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Provide keyboard shortcuts for links.
what rating should be: Severe usability (for pages with many links and browsers/ATs that do not create lists of links)
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 5

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8.9
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 18.4
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Furnish keyboard shortcuts for form elements.
what rating should be: Severe usability (for pages with many links and browsers/ATs that do not create lists of links)
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 5

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8.4
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 18.5
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Specify a logical tab order among form controls.
what rating should be: Usability (depending on complexity of page)
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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new
current rating: 
New group #: 19
New Rating: 
current text: Use elements and attributes appropriately.  Use structural elements to reveal structure of document.
what rating should be: 
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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1.9
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 19.1
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Use elements and attributes that appropriately convey structure.
what rating should be: kill
when rating occurs: some current ATs (webspeak)/future
General Guideline #: 1

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1.1
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 19.2
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Do not misuse structural elements and attributes for purposes of layout.
what rating should be: Severe usability
when rating occurs: some current ATs (webspeak)/future
General Guideline #: 1

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1.11
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 19.3
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Do not misuse presentation elements for purposes of structure.
what rating should be: Severe usability
when rating occurs: some current ATs (webspeak)/future
General Guideline #: 1

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1.3
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 19.4
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Nest headings properly.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: "Current AT (webspeak), future mainstream"
General Guideline #: 2

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1.4
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 19.5
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Encode list structure and list items properly.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: "Current AT (webspeak), future mainstream"
General Guideline #: 2

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1.7
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 19.6
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Use style sheets rather than invisible or transparent images to force layout.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: current and future
General Guideline #: 1

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1.6
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 19.7
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Use style sheets rather than converting text to images.
what rating should be: Severe usability (if small print that can't be magnified  accessibility)
when rating occurs: Always (although has to be backwards compatible)
General Guideline #: 1

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1.8
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 19.8
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Avoid the use of deprecated presentation elements and attributes (as well as B and I).
what rating should be: x  see 1.1
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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6.2
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 20
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "Place non-link, printable characters (surrounded by spaces) between links that occur consecutively..."
what rating should be: Severe usability (for old/current AT)
when rating occurs: Old browsers/AT
General Guideline #: 5

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7.3
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 21
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Give each frame a title.
what rating should be: Severe usability
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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new
current rating: 
New group #: 22
New Rating: 
current text: "Avoid moving, blinking, or scrolling objects, particularly those that contain text unless a method for freezing motion is provided."
what rating should be: 
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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1.5
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 22.1
New Rating: [Required]
current text: "Avoid moving, blinking, or scrolling objects, particularly those that contain text."
what rating should be: "Severe usability (for some current applications is accessibility, in the future will be moot)"
when rating occurs: Current browser/AT
General Guideline #: 6

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3.4
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 22.2
New Rating: [Required]
current text: "Provide a mechanism for the user to freeze all moving or blinking objects, particularly those that contain text."
what rating should be: x   See 1.5
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 

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1.12
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 23
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "Provide titles for horizontal rules, acronyms, and abbreviations. "
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: future
General Guideline #: 4

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1.13
current rating: [Recommended] 
New group #: 24
New Rating: [Recommended] 
current text: Avoid ASCII art and non-letter characters within words. 
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: current browser/AT
General Guideline #: 7

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2.4
current rating: [Recommended] 
New group #: 25
New Rating: [Recommended] 
current text: Provide descriptive titles for images used as links.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: future
General Guideline #: 4

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3.5
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 26
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Provide alternative text for each applet. 
what rating should be: Useful
when rating occurs: Old browsers
General Guideline #: 4

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5.5
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 27
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Provide abbreviations for lengthy row or column labels.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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5.6
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 28
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Provide summaries of tables.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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5.7
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 29
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "For more complex tables, group information into categories."
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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6.1
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 30
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "Create link phrases that make sense when read out of context, but that are not too verbose."
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: Current browsers/AT
General Guideline #: 5

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8.5
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 31
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: Group related controls semantically and label each group.
what rating should be: Usability
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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8.6
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 32
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "For long lists of selections, group items into a hierarchy."
what rating should be: Usability (depending on complexity could be severe)
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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8.2
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 33
New Rating: [Required]
current text: Associate labels with their form controls.
what rating should be: Usability (depends on complexity of form) 
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 4

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5.9
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 34.1
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "Provide a phone number, fax number or e-mail address if tables cannot be made accessible. "
what rating should be: Useful
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 4

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8.8
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 34.2
New Rating: [Recommended]
current text: "Include a phone number, fax number, e-mail address, or postal address as an alternative way to submit information. "
what rating should be: Useful
when rating occurs: Always
General Guideline #: 4

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1.1
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 35
New Rating: ???
current text: Use elements and attributes that comply with an HTML 4.0 Document Type Definition (DTD) and CSS-1.
what rating should be: "Useful (depending on element, but in general Useful)"
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: 7

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8.1
current rating: [Required]
New group #: 36
New Rating: Delete 
current text: "Do not use image maps to create graphical ""submit"" buttons."
what rating should be: x   delete??
when rating occurs: Future
General Guideline #: "3,4,5"

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5.8
current rating: [Recommended]
New group #: 37
New Rating: Delete 
current text: Ensure that alternative text does not wrap within tables used to position graphics.
what rating should be: x need to delete
when rating occurs: 
General Guideline #: 



"NOTE 1:  (see also guidelines that discuss the ""accesskey"" and ""tabindex"" attributes)"