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Jargon
From WCAG WG
This is a list of jargon terms that are used in the Working Group, to facilitate understanding and interpretation.
| Term | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
