Introduction
This document presents the changes introduced in the testing procedures (hereinafter ACT rules) that exist as implementations of the Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1 specification.
These rules were originally written in accordance with requirements introduced in ACT Rules Format 1.0, and have now been updated to conform with the requirements introduced in ACT Rules Format 1.1.
Note: The ACT rules Format 1.1 supports "subjective applicability" but this is not a requirement. On the contrary, it gives more flexibility to rule authors in case they think their testing procedures would benefit from subjective applicability.
Implemented changes in ACT Rules Format 1.1
The below is a breakdown of all normative changes introduced in ACT Rules Format 1.1 as well as the rules that have been updated to conform with these changes.
Accessibility requirements are now categorized as either Conformance requirements or Secondary requirements.
Previous "accessibility requirements" are now "Conformance requirements", and some rules now have "secondary requirements". Rules with secondary requirements include:
Rules approved by the relevant working groups
- Element with role attribute has required states and properties
- Element marked as decorative is not exposed
- Meta element has no refresh delay (no exception)
- Text has enhanced contrast
- Text has minimum contrast
- ARIA attribute is defined in WAI-ARIA
- ARIA state or property has valid value
- ARIA attribute is defined in WAI-ARIA
- Role attribute has valid value
- ARIA state or property has valid value
Rules proposed for future approval by the relevant Working Groups
- ARIA required ID references exist
- ARIA state or property is permitted
- Link in context is descriptive
- Links with identical accessible names and contexts serve equivalent purpose
- Video element auditory content has captions
- Video element visual content has accessible alternative
Other normative changes implemented across all existing rules
- < a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#act-rule-structure">4 ACT Rule Structure — The overall rule structure has been reorganized to imrpove clarity and readability
- 4.9 Examples — "Test cases" has been renamed as "Examples"
- 4.10 Change Log — The rules Change Log has been renamed to "Rule Versions"
- 4.11 ACT Rules Format Version — A new requirement has been added to identify ACT Rules Format version compatibility
- 4.14 Implementations — A new section has been added, including a method for determining consistency with ACT rules
- 9 Definitions — The "Outcome" definition has been updated to include cantTell and untested implementations