First Public Working Draft: Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1

Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1

https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/WD-act-rules-format-1.1-20240618/

Published by
 Accessibility Guidelines Working Group

Abstract

The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 defines a format for writing accessibility test rules. These test rules can be used for developing automated testing tools and manual testing methodologies. It provides a common format that allows any party involved in accessibility testing to document and share their testing procedures in a robust and understandable manner. This enables transparency and harmonization of testing methods, including methods implemented by accessibility test tools.

Status of the Document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at https://www.w3.org/TR/. 

This is a First Public Working Draft of Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 by the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group. ACT-Rules Format 1.1 is a complete draft, addressing all of the requirements the ACT Task Force believes are important to cover when writing rules. The ACT-Rules Format is based on rules developed by the ACT-Rules Community Group. 

 

For this publication, the Accessibility Conformance Testing Task Force particularly seeks feedback on the items detailed in the Change log. 

To comment, file an issue in the W3C ACT GitHub repository. It is free to create a GitHub account to file issues. If filing issues in GitHub is not feasible, send email to public-wcag-act-comments@w3.org (comment archive). Comments are requested by 18 August 2024. In-progress updates to the document may be viewed in the publicly visible editors' draft. 

This document was published by the Accessibility Guidelines Working Group as a First Public Working Draft using the Recommendation track. This document is intended to become a W3C Recommendation. 

Publication as a First Public Working Draft does not imply endorsement by W3C and its Members. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. 

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This document is governed by the 03 November 2023 W3C Process Document.

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