WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative – Accessible Rich Internet Applications)
A W3C technical specification. It is a set of attributes to help enhance the semantics of a web site or web application to help assistive technologies, such as screen readers, make sense of certain things that are not native to HTML.
WAVE
The WAVE (Web Accessibility Versatile Evaluator) is an accessibility tool originally written by
Dr. Len Kasday at Temple University and for over a decade has been developed by WebAIM. It is designed to locate and identify
accessibility problems within web pages, so that they can be repaired. Consult the WAVE
site for more information.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Started by the
W3C
and its members in 1997, this initiative addresses web
accessibility issues. Consult the
WAI
site for more information.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG)
WCAG (pronounced "whi-KAG" ) is a technical standard that serves a number of purposes, primarily functioning as the definitive technical reference gathering together information on web accessibility. These are basically the rules to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities. Additionally, WCAG 2.0 is the International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission's (ISO/IEC) Standard 40500:2012. WCAG 2.1 became a W3C recommendation on June 5, 2018. It serves as the web accessibility Standard for the University of Minnesota. The WCAG Theme Song (Video) is available.
Web Standards
The term "Web Standards" refers to the World Wide Web
Consortium's (W3C) recommendations. It means
the support of W3C recommendations such as
HTML,
WCAG, CSS,
and the DOM/ECMA Script (among others like XML, SVG, and
MathML).
Website
A website is a related group of web pages published on
the World Wide Web.
Well-Formed
A well-formed XML document follows the rules set forth by
the
XML
specification, including having all tags closed, all
attributes quoted, a XML declaration, correct comments
etc.
While Structure
In programming, a while structure continues to loop while
an expression is true. It evaluates a Boolean expression. If
the expression is false, the code inside the braces is
skipped over. If true, the code within the braces is
executed. When the close brace } is reached, the test
condition is reevaluated, and if it evaluates to true, the
code in the loop is re-executed. This continues until the
condition is met. Note that the condition is only tested at
the beginning of each iteration, so even if the truth of the
condition changes during the middle of the code block, the
code will be executed to the end.
White Space
White space, also known as negative space, is the open
space between visual elements on a web page. The term
describes the unused areas. White space gives the eye rest.
Cluttered designs hinder clarity and tire the eye. Judicial
placement of white space can emphasis page elements and help
to direct the eye. You shouldn't use
HTML
to create white space. Use cascading style sheets for this
purpose.
Window-Eyes
A screen reader for Windows.
Wireframe
A wireframe is a skeleton version of a website that
depicts navigational concepts and page content. It is a set
of cross-linked pages that acts like a functional prototype
of the final website without the graphics. A wireframe often
has only sketchy text content. It is often accompanied by a
tree diagram or flowchart of the website. It doesn't take
into account visual design or page layout. For more
information consult
Wireframes.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The W3C is an international consortium of companies and
organizations involved with the Internet and the World Wide
Web, responsible for maintaining web technology standards,
such as HTML
and CSS. It was
"created in October 1994, to lead the World Wide Web
to its full potential by developing common protocols that
promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability."
Consult the
W3C
site for more information.
