April 4, 2003
Number as given in WCAG 1.0 Techniques
Number in WCAG 2 formatted according to this convention:
Note: A "~" following the number indicates that the mapping was considered weak. A "?" following the number indicates that the group was unsure of the mapping.
reminder of what the Technique is about
Note: only numbered Techniques that had content beyond references to WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints are included in the mapping
| WCAG 1.0 Technique | WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria | Technique summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 | 3.1 | title |
| 1.1.2 | 3.1 | address |
| 1.1.3 | 2.2 | |
| 1.1.3 | 3.4 ~ | auto refresh/redirect |
| 1.1.4 | 5.1 | use !DOCTYPE |
| 1.1.5 | 3.2 | LINK to identify collections |
| 1.1.6 | - | LINK to identify alternative docs |
| 1.2.1 | 3.1.1.1.a | headings |
| 2.1 | 1.6.2.1 | changes in language |
| 2.2 | 1.6.3.1 | identify primary language |
| 3.1 | 3.1? | |
| 3.1 | 5.1 | use em & strong |
| 3.2 | 1.6.2.2 | use abbr & acronym |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | |
| 3.2 | 4.3.1.1 | |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | q and blockquote |
| 3.4 | 5.3 | use markup |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | list of structural markup |
| 4 | 1.3.1.2.a | lists |
| 4 | 3.1 | |
| 4 | 5.1 | |
| 4.1 | 1.4 | CSS to format lists |
| 4.1 | 3.1 | |
| 4.1.1 | 1.1 | avoid using images for bullets |
| 5.1.1 | 1.3.1.2 | summary, caption, abbr for table |
| 5.1.1 | 3.1 | |
| 5.2 | 3.1.3.1 | tables for layout & linearization |
| 5.2 | 5.1 ~ | |
| 5.1.2 | 1.3.1.2 | provide row/col, headers, and don’t use PRE |
| 5.1.2 | 5.1 | |
| 5.3 | 3.1.3.1 | linearize tables |
| 6.1 | 1 ~ | good link text |
| 6.1 | 3 ~ | |
| 6.1.1 | 1 ~ | images in links |
| 6.1.1 | 3 ~ | |
| 6.2 | 3.1 ~ | grouping links and skipping groups |
| 6.3 | 3.1.3.1 ~ | accesskey |
| 6.4 | 3.4.1.2 | new windows |
| 7.1 | 1.1 | alt text |
| 7.2 | 1.1 | long descriptions |
| 7.2.1 | 1.1 | invisible d-link |
| 7.3 | 5.2 | ASCII art |
| 7.3 | 5.3 | |
| 7.4.1 | 1.1 | alt text for CSIM |
| 7.4.2 | 3.2 ~ | text links for CSIM – mapping very weak |
| 7.4.3 | 5.3 | use CSIM instead of SSIM |
| 7.4.4 | 5.2 | server side image maps |
| 7.4.4 | 5.3 | |
| 7.5 | 1.5.1.1 | color contrast in images |
| 7.5 | 1.5.2.1 | |
| 7.6 | 2.2 | animated images |
| 7.6 | 2.3 | |
| 8.1 | 1.1.1.1 | text equivalents for objects |
| 8.1 | 1.1.1.2 | |
| 8.1 | 5.2.1.2 | |
| 8.2.a | 5.4.1.1 | directly accessible applet |
| 8.2.a | 5.4.2.1 | |
| 8.2.b | 2.2 | freeze motion in applet |
| 8.2.b | 2.3 | |
| 8.2.b | 5.4 | |
| 9.2 | 1.1.1.1 | TE for multimedia |
| 9.2 | 1.2 | |
| 10.1 | 1.3 ~ | frame title |
| 10.6.1 | 1.3 ~ | relative units |
| 11.1 | - | accesskey & tabindex for forms |
| 11.2 | 3.1 ~ | group form controls |
| 11.2.1 | - | grouping <option>s |
| 11.3 | - | label for form control |
| 11.4 | 1.1.1.1 | TE for image submit button |
| 12.4 | 2.1.1.1 | directly accessible scripts |
| 12.4 | 2.1.2.1 | |
| 12.5 | 5.2 ~ | use NOSCRIPT - could fall into almost all places depending on how script is used - leads to "see-also" relationship |
| 12.5 | 5.4 ~ | |
| 13 | 5.1.1 | Index of HTML elements and attributes |