Table 1. List of features for the example tools
described.
| Category |
Feature |
Tool A |
Tool B |
Tool C |
| Test subjects and their environment |
Content-types |
HTML, CSS and JavaScript |
HTML, CSS and JavaScript |
HTML, CSS and JavaScript |
| Content encoding and content language |
ISO-8859-1, UTF-8, UTF-16; any language supported by these encodings |
ISO-8859-1, UTF-8, UTF-16; any language supported by these encodings |
yes |
| DOM Document fragments |
no |
no |
no |
| Dynamic content |
Relies on browser capabilities. |
yes |
yes |
| Content negotiation |
Relies on browser capabilities. |
yes |
yes |
| Cookies |
Relies on browser capabilities.[See note 1] |
yes |
yes |
| Authentication |
Relies on browser capabilities. |
HTTP-basic, HTTP-digest, OpenID, HTML-form-based. |
yes |
| Session tracking |
Relies on browser capabilities. |
URL rewriting, cookie-based, TLS session tickets. |
yes |
| Crawling |
no |
Yes, filters can be specified. |
no |
| Testing functionality |
Selection of evaluation tests |
Per WCAG conformance level |
Per WCAG conformance level; individual tests. |
no |
| Automatic, semiautomatic and manual testing |
Only automatic. |
Automatic, semiautomatic and manual. |
yes |
| Development of own tests and test extensions |
no |
no |
no |
| Test automation |
no |
no |
yes |
| Reporting and monitoring |
Standard reporting languages |
EARL [See note 2] |
EARL |
no |
| Persistence of results |
no |
yes |
no |
| Import/export functionality |
yes? [See note 3] |
yes |
no |
| Report customization |
no |
Comments added by evaluator. |
no |
| Results aggregation |
no |
Table, timeline. |
no |
| Conformance |
no |
yes |
no |
| Error repair |
Inline hints. |
yes |
yes |
| Tool usage |
Workflow integration |
In browser. |
no |
no |
| Localization and internationalization |
en |
User interface available in 18 languages. Tests tailored to en-US,
jp, zh-hans and ko. |
no |
| Functionality customization to different audiences |
no |
yes [to whom?] |
no |
| Policy environments |
no |
no |
no |
| Tool accessibility |
Not accessible from screen readers. |
UI accessible through Operating System APIs. Reports conform to WCAG 2.0 Level A. |
no |