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DRAFT DOCUMENT

This is a draft document supplied by the WCAG Techniques Task Force. It in no way represents a WCAG Working Group consensus or agreement and is provided for informational and discussion purposes only. The accessibility test listed below should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0
Test 121 - All input elements, with type of "radio", have an explicitly associated label.

W3C Editor's Draft 2005-08-11

Editors:
Chris Ridpath, ATRC, University Of Toronto
Jenae Andershonis, Microsoft Inc.

Abstract

This test case was created by the ATRC at the University Of Toronto. It should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

The complete list of tests may be found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/

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Status Of This Test

As part of the conformance test process, this test has a status of 'accepted'.


WCAG2 Guideline

Guideline: 1.3 - Ensure that information, functionality, and structure can be separated from presentation.
Success Criteria: 1. Structures within the content can be programmatically determined . How to ensure that structures and relationships in content can be programmatically determined . (Informative) The concepts of "reliable" and "standard" need to be incorporated into the definition of "programmatically determined."

Level 1

The WCAG2 has 3 priority levels for making Web content accessible. This test has a priority of 'Level 1'.


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

There are no prerequisite tests for this test.


Test Process

Procedure

  1. Check all input elements that have a type attribute value of "radio".
  2. The input element must have an explicitly associated label using one or more of the following methods.
  3. The input element has an id attribute value that matches the for attribute value of a label element.
  4. and/or
  5. The input element has a title attribute.
  6. and/or
  7. The input element is contained by a label element.

Expected Results

  1. All input elements, with type of "radio", have an explicitly associated label.

Fail Instructions

  1. Create a label element for the input element and associate these elements using the ID and for attributes.
  2. and/or
  3. Add a title attribute to the input element.
  4. and/or
  5. Add a label element that contains the input element.

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.


Test Files

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