Accessibility Tests

Below is a list of alignments with common accessibility guidelines for each test provided by QUAIL. Douglast.com has a useful grid aligning section 508 with WCAG to compare the guidelines to eachother.

Titlesort icon Severity Section 508 WCAG 1.0 WCAG 2.0
"Basefont" should not be used 1 Section 3.3 Section 1.4.4
"Embed" elements cannot have an empty "alt" attribute 1
"Embed" elements must have an "alt" attribute 1
"Font" elements should not be used 1 Section 3.3 Section 1.4.4
"Label" elements should not contain an input element 1
"Legend" text must not contain just whitespace 1
"Legend" text must not contain placeholder text like "form" or "field" 1
"Menu" elements should not be used for formatting 3 Section 3.6
"Meta" elements must not be used to refresh the content of a page 1 Section P Section 7.4 Section 2.2.1
"Noembed" elements must be the same content as their "embed" element 3
"Pre" elements should not be used for tabular data 3 Section 1.3.1
"Select" elemetns must not contain an "onchange" attribute 1 Section 3.2.2
"Text" input elements require a non-whitespace default text 1
A "longdesc" attribute is required for any image where additional information not in the "alt" attribute is required 1 Section 1.1 Section 1.1.1
A "skip to content" link should exist as one of the first links on the page 2 Section O Section 13.6 Section 2.4.1
Abbreviations must be marked with an "abbr" element 2 Section 4.2 Section 3.1.4
Acronyms must be marked with an "acronym" element 2 Section 4.2 Section 3.1.4
Adjacent links that point to the same location should be merged 1
Adjacent links to the same destination should be merged 1
All "area" elements must have an "alt" attribute 1 Section 1.1 Section 1.1.1
All "area" elements must have an "alt" attribute which describes the link destination 3 Section 1.1 Section 1.1.1
All "area" elements which link to a sound file should also provide a link to a transcript 3 Section 1.1
All "checkbox" input elements have a label that is close 2 Section 10.2 Section 1.3.1
All "checkbox" input elements require a valid "tabindex" attribute 1 Section 9.4
All "embed" elements have an associated "noembed" element 1 Section 1.1.1
All "file" input elements have a corresponding label 1 Section N Section 1.3.1
All "file" input elements have a label that is close 2 Section 10.2 Section 1.3.1
All "file" input elements require a valid "tabindex" attribute 1 Section 9.4
All "frame" elements should have a "title" attribute 1 Section I Section 12.1 Section 2.4.1
All "frame" elemetns should have a "title" attribute that describes the purpose of the frame 3 Section I Section 12.1 Section 2.4.1