Appendix B: Content of WCAG 2.0 WD
Introduction
Overview of Design Principles
Principle 1: Content must be perceivable.
Guideline 1.1 Provide text alternatives for all non-text content.
Guideline 1.2 Provide synchronized alternatives for multimedia.
Guideline 1.3 Ensure that information, functionality, and structure are separable from presentation.
Guideline 1.4 Make it easy to distinguish foreground information from background images or sounds.
Principle 2: Interface elements in the content must be operable.
Guideline 2.1 Make all functionality operable via a keyboard or a keyboard interface.
Guideline 2.2 Allow users to control time limits on their reading or interaction.
Guideline 2.3 Allow users to avoid content that could cause photosensitive epileptic seizures.
Guideline 2.4 Provide mechanisms to help users find content, orient themselves within it, and navigate through it.
Guideline 2.5 Help users avoid mistakes and make it easy to correct them.
Principle 3: Content and controls must be understandable.
Guideline 3.1 Ensure that the meaning of content can be determined.
Guideline 3.2 Organize content consistently from "page to page" and make interactive components behave in predictable ways.
Principle 4: Content must be robust enough to work with current and future technologies.
Guideline 4.1 Use technologies according to specification.
Guideline 4.2 Ensure that user interfaces are accessible or provide an accessible alternative(s).
Appendices
Takayuki Watanabe and Tatuo Seki
© 2004, Takayuki Watanabe (Creative Commons)
19 March, 2005
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