Editing Web accessibility (section)

==Guidelines for different components==

===Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)===
* [[Web Accessibility Initiative#Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)|ATAG]]<ref name="Shawn Lawton Henry">{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php |title=Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview |date=December 2008 |author=Shawn Lawton Henry |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116115259/http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php |url-status=live }}</ref> contains 28 checkpoints that provide guidance on:
** producing accessible output that meets standards and guidelines
** promoting the content author for accessibility-related information
** providing ways of checking and correcting inaccessible content
** integrating accessibility in the overall look and feel
** making the authoring tool itself accessible to people with disabilities

===Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)===
{{Main|Web Content Accessibility Guidelines}}
* WCAG 1.0: 14 guidelines that are general principles of accessible design
* WCAG 2.0: 4 principles that form the foundation for web accessibility; 12 guidelines (untestable) that are goals for which authors should aim; and 65 testable success criteria.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ |title=Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 |publisher=W3C |access-date=17 December 2014 |archive-date=18 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045254/http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The W3C's Techniques for WCAG 2.0<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/  |title=Techniques for WCAG 2.0  |publisher=W3C  |access-date=17 December 2014  |archive-date=20 December 2014  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220203855/http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/  |url-status=live  }}</ref> is a list of techniques that support authors to meet the guidelines and success criteria. The techniques are periodically updated whereas the principles, guidelines and success criteria are stable and do not change.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/understanding-techniques.html |title=Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria |publisher=W3C |access-date=17 December 2014 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218011143/http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/understanding-techniques.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG)===
* [[UAAG]]<ref name="w3.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag.php |title=User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview |date=July 2005 |author=Shawn Lawton Henry |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116115924/http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/uaag.php |url-status=live }}</ref> contains a comprehensive set of checkpoints that cover:
** access to all content
** user control over how content is rendered
** user control over the user interface
** standard programming interfaces