W3C

List of Checkpoints for User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

This version:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-19991105/checkpoint-list
(plain text, postscript, pdf)
This document is an appendix to:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-USERAGENT-19991105
Latest version of User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-USERAGENT
Editors:
Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ian Jacobs, W3C

Abstract

This document is an appendix to the W3C "User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0". It provides a list of all checkpoints from the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, organized by concept, as a checklist for user agent developers. Please refer to the Guidelines document for introductory information, information about related documents, a glossary of terms, and more.

This list may be used to review a tool or set of tools for accessibility. For each checkpoint, indicate whether the checkpoint has been satisfied, has not been satisfied, or is not applicable.

A tabular version of the list of checkpoints is also available (e.g., for printing).

Status of this document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest status of this document series is maintained at the W3C.

This document is an appendix to a Working Draft. It is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than "work in progress". This is work in progress and does not imply endorsement by, or the consensus of, either W3C or Members of the WAI User Agent (UA) Working Group.

Please send comments about this document to the public mailing list: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org.

This document has been produced as part of the Web Accessibility Initiative. The goal of the WAI User Agent Guidelines Working Group is discussed in the Working Group charter.

A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR.


Priorities

Each checkpoint in this document is assigned a priority that indicates its importance for users.

[Priority 1]
This checkpoint must be satisfied by user agents as a native feature, otherwise one or more groups of users with disabilities will find it impossible to access information. Satisfying this checkpoint is a basic requirement for some individuals to be able to use the Web.
[Priority 2]
This checkpoint should be satisfied by user agents as a native feature, otherwise one or more groups of users will find it difficult to access information. Satisfying this checkpoint will remove significant barriers to accessing Web documents.
[Priority 3]
This checkpoint may be satisfied by user agents as a native feature to make it easier for one or more groups of users to access information. Satisfying this checkpoint will improve access to the Web for some individuals.

Priority 1 checkpoints

In General (Priority 1)

User Interface (Priority 1)

Device Independence (Priority 1)

For Tables (Priority 1)

For Images, Animations, and Image Maps (Priority 1)

For Synchronized Multimedia (Priority 1)

For Events, Applets, and Scripts (Priority 1)

For Standards and Conventions (Priority 1)

Priority 2 checkpoints

In General (Priority 2)

User Interface (Priority 2)

For Links (Priority 2)

For Forms (Priority 2)

For Images, Animations, and Image Maps (Priority 2)

For Synchronized Multimedia (Priority 2)

For Standards and Conventions (Priority 2)

Priority 3 checkpoints

In General (Priority 3)

User Interface (Priority 3)

For Links (Priority 3)

For Images, Animations, and Image Maps (Priority 3)

For Events, Applets, and Scripts (Priority 3)