ATAG 2.0International
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
W3C Recommendation (24 September 2015) for software that produces web content - editors, CMSs, and similar authoring tools. Part A covers making the tool’s own user interface accessible; Part B covers the tool helping authors create accessible output. Relevant to this product’s own FixGenerator/SmartFix features, which function as an authoring tool under ATAG’s definition.
Key facts
- Jurisdiction
- International
- Issued by
- W3C / WAI
- Year
- 2015
- Conformance Standard
- A/AA/AAA (rated separately for Part A and Part B)
- Applies To
- Content management systems, WYSIWYG editors, code editors, social media/forum posting UIs, and other software used to create web content
- What it requires
- Part A (4 principles, A1-A4): authoring tool UI accessible to authors with disabilities. Part B (4 principles, B1-B4): tool supports production of accessible content by any author.
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