The Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) define how to create accessible tools and make more accessible content. Explore ATAG 2.0, authoring tool accessibility, accessible production, and ATAG implementation.
Learning Objectives
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)
- describe ATAG 2.0, its purpose, and the audience it's intended for
- define ATAG 2.0 layers of guidance parts, principles, guidelines, and success criteria
- specify ATAG 2.0 levels of conformance and how conformance is achieved
- describe how integration using ATAG 2.0 promotes better development for accessibility
- define ATAG 2.0 principle A.1: authoring tool user interfaces follow applicable accessibility guidelines, and its guidelines
- define ATAG 2.0 principle A.2: editing views are perceivable, and its guidelines
- define ATAG 2.0 principle A.3: editing views are operable, and its guidelines
- define ATAG 2.0 principle A.4: editing views are understandable, and its guidelines
- describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.1: fully automatic processes and accessible content, and its guidelines
- describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.2: authors supported in production, and its guidelines
- describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.3: authors are supported in improving the accessibility of existing content, and its guidelines
- describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.4: authoring tools promote and integrate their accessibility features, and its guidelines
- specify ATAG and WCAG and how they relate to each other
- describe ATAG and WCAG requirements for conformance and components of a conformance claim
- define the two types of conformance levels for ATAG 2.0
- specify ATAG 2.0 conformance as it pertains to authoring tools capable of producing multiple web content technologies
- describe how ATAG 2.0 may be applied to live authoring tools
- define how to determine success in determining ATAG 2.0 conformance using the three potential answers
- describe ATAG 2.0, its purpose, and accessible production
Framework Connections
Specialty Areas
- Legal Advice and Advocacy
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