Test ACRONYM - HTML Test Suite For WCAG 2.0

The WCAG2 has 3 priority levels for making Web content accessible. This test has a priority of 'Level 2'.

Techniques

The WCAG Working Group has created techniques that describe how Web content may be made accessible. The following techniques are related to this test:

Prerequisite Tests

Test Process

Procedure

Examine the document for acronyms. An acronym is a word formed from the first or first few letters of a phrase.
Determine if the acronym needs to be marked up using the <acronym> element.

The acroynm should be marked with the <acronym> element if it is not already marked with the <abbr> element (acronyms are abbreviations and using the <abbr> element is sufficient).
The acronym should be marked with the <acronym> element if it is not in common use within the language.
This is the first occurrence of the acronym within the delivery unit.
This occurrence of the acronym occurs after a named anchor.

Expected Results

The first occurrence of an acronym within the delivery unit is marked with the <acronym> or <abbr> element. or
The first occurence of the acronym after each named anchor in the delivery unit is marked with the <acronym> or <abbr> element.

Fail Instructions

Add the <acronym> element with a title attribute that provides the entire word or phrase.

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.

Test Files

These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test. They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test. Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.

acronym-1.html Will fail the test. (first use of acronym not marked.)

<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
lang="en">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8"
/>

<title>WCAG Testfile - Check #ACRONYM - Positive</title>

</head>

<body>

    

<p>Before radar could be discovered, radio waves needed to be
understood. </p>

    

</body>

</html>

acronym-2.html Will pass the test. (acronym marked with <acronym>.)

<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
lang="en">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8"
/>

<title>WCAG Testfile - Check #ACRONYM -
Negative</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>Before <acronym title="radio detecting and
ranging">radar</acronym> could be discovered, radio waves
needed to be understood. </p>



    

</body>

</html>

acronym-3.html Will fail the test. (<acronym> tag not used after named anchor.)

<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
lang="en">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8"
/>

<title>OAC Testfile - Check #ACRONYM - Positive</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>Welcome to <acronym title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration">NOAA</acronym>!</p>

............

<p><a name="faq" id="faq"> </a>Frequently asked
questions about NOAA
include....</p>

    

    

</body>

</html>

acronym-4.html Will pass the test. (<acronym> tag used after named anchor.)

<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"
lang="en">

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/xhtml; charset=UTF-8"
/>

<title>OAC Testfile - Check #ACRONYM - Negative</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>Welcome to <acronym title="National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration">NOAA</acronym>!</p>

............

<p><a name="faq" id="faq"> </a>Frequently asked
questions about

<acronym title="National Oceanic and
Atmosphere Administration">NOAA</acronym>


include....</p>



    

    

</body>

</html>

Status Of This Test

WCAG2 Guideline