current #: 
current rating: 
New group #: 
New Rating: 
current text: 
what rating should be: 
when rating occurs: 
General guidelines 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 guidelines Number: "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 guidelines Number: ??

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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 what rating should be: important information. (charts, diagrams, pop up information, information when rating occurs: displays, etc.)"
General guidelines Number: Accessibility
always


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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 what rating should be: (especially charts and diagrams).
when rating occurs: Accessibility
General guidelines Number: always
"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 what rating should be: conveys information.
when rating occurs: Accessibility
General guidelines Number: Always
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 what rating should be: important function.  Make the script or applet cross disability accessible as when rating occurs: well if possible.
General guidelines Number: 



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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 what rating should be: physics experiment) that cannot be duplicated in an alternative format, make the when rating occurs: applet directly accessible."
General guidelines Number: Accessibility
Current/Future
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 what rating should be: important function, other than presentation of information."
when rating occurs: Accessibility
General guidelines Number: Always
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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: sound."
when rating occurs: strategy for 4
General guidelines Number: Always
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 what rating should be: with the audio track. "
when rating occurs: Accessibility
General guidelines Number: Always
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 guidelines Number: 3

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4.4
[Required]
7
[Required]
"Synchronize text and video description information with audio/video information [, either directly or via a synchronization file.]"
Accessibility
Always
3

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


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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 guidelines Number: "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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: alternative page that is accessible, has equivalent information, and is when rating occurs: maintained with the same frequency as the inaccessible page. "
General guidelines Number: Accessibility
Always
"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. what rating should be: {so alt-text can be attached}
when rating occurs: Accessibility
General guidelines Number: "Always (unless can associate alt-text w/image in some way in the future, e.g. title on FRAME)"
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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: "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 what rating should be: table information in a linear fashion. "
when rating occurs: Accessibility/Severe usability
General guidelines Number: Current browser/AT
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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: tables). (Complex = column spanning titles, multiple data points per cell,  what when rating occurs: else?, )"
General guidelines Number: Accessibility/Severe usability/Usability [depends on structure of table] 
Future
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 what rating should be: that transcript of sound is already required)
when rating occurs: Accessibility/Severe usability/Usability [depends on the purpose of the sound] 
General guidelines Number: Always
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 what rating should be: other.
when rating occurs: Accessibility/Usability [dependent on how frames are used] 
General guidelines Number: Future
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, what rating should be: applets, form elements, links, etc.)   "
when rating occurs: 
General guidelines Number: 


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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 guidelines Number: "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 guidelines Number: 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 when rating occurs: lists of links)
General guidelines Number: Future
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 when rating occurs: lists of links)
General guidelines Number: Future
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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: structure of document.
when rating occurs: 
General guidelines Number: 


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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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: and I).
when rating occurs: x  see 1.1
General guidelines Number: 


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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 what rating should be: occur consecutively..."
when rating occurs: Severe usability (for old/current AT)
General guidelines Number: Old browsers/AT
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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: text unless a method for freezing motion is provided."
when rating occurs: 
General guidelines Number: 


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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 what rating should be: text."
when rating occurs: "Severe usability (for some current applications is accessibility, in the future General guidelines Number: will be moot)"
Current browser/AT
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, what rating should be: particularly those that contain text."
when rating occurs: x   See 1.5
General guidelines Number: 


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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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: too verbose."
when rating occurs: Usability
General guidelines Number: Current browsers/AT
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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 guidelines Number: 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 what rating should be: accessible. "
when rating occurs: Useful
General guidelines Number: Always
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 what rating should be: alternative way to submit information. "
when rating occurs: Useful
General guidelines Number: Always
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 what rating should be: Definition (DTD) and CSS-1.
when rating occurs: "Useful (depending on element, but in general Useful)"
General guidelines Number: Future
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 guidelines Number: "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 what rating should be: graphics.
when rating occurs: x need to delete
General guidelines Number: 


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



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General Guidelines

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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