Jargon
This is a list of jargon terms that are used in the Working Group, to facilitate understanding and interpretation.
Term | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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WCAG | wuh-cag or Wi-cag | Acronym for "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" |
SC | S C | Acronym for "Success Criterion" or "Success Criteria" |
ATAG | ay-tag | Acronym for "Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines" |
UAAG | you-aag | Acronym for "User Agent Accessibility Guidelines" |
Silver | Code name for WCAG 3.0 project | |
WCAG 3.0 | Acronym for "W3C Accessibility Guidelines 3.0" | |
ACT | A C T | Acronym for "Accessibility Conformance Testing" |
EARL | earl | Acronym for "Evaluation and Report Language" |
COGA | coge ah | Abbreviation for "Cognitive and Learning Disabilities" |
ARIA | aria | Acronym for "Accessible Rich Internet Applications" |
FAST | fast | Acronym for "Framework for Accessible Specification of Techologies" |
RQTF | R Q T F | Acronym for "Research Questions Task Force" |
AAPI | A A P I | Acronym for "Accessibility Application Programming Interface" |
AAM | am | Acronym for "Accessibility API Mappings" |
PR | P R | Acronym for "pull request" (see Github pull request documentation) |
CfC | C F C | Call for Consensus |