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| 1.1 - Use valid, standard web programming code. |
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| 1.2 - Use appropriate markup to convey document structure. |
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| 1.3 - Provide meaningful page titles. |
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| 1.4 - Use headings to introduce sections and sub-sections, and use them in the correct order. |
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| 1.5 - Use lists to identify series of related items, including navigation menus. |
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| 2.1 - Use text to display text, unless formatting that cannot be achieved with CSS is required. |
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| 2.2 - Use relative sizes for fonts. |
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| 2.3 - Identify the language of text. |
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| 2.4 - Use images instead of "ASCII art." |
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| 3.1 - Do not convey information with color alone. |
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| 3.2 - Use contrasting foreground and background colors. |
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| 4.1 - Provide appropriate "alternate text" for all images. |
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| 4.2 - Provide full descriptions for graphs, diagrams, and other meaningful images. |
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| 5.1 - Provide alternate text for each area in client-side image maps. |
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| 5.2 - Use client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps unless areas cannot be defined with available shapes. |
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| 6.1 - Do not convey information with sound alone. |
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| 6.2 - Do not automatically play audio. |
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| 6.3 - Provide text transcripts for audio containing speech when it is provided to the public and/or required to be viewed by employees. |
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| 7.1 - Provide synchronized captions for all multimedia containing essential auditory information when it is provided to the public and/or required to be viewed by employees. |
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| 7.2 - Provide audio descriptions for all multimedia that contains essential visual information when it is provided to the public and/or required to be viewed by employees. |
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| 8.1 - Provide a means of pausing any moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating information. |
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| 8.2 - Do not include content that flashes faster than 3 times per second. |
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| 9.1 - Ensure that links are understandable out of context. |
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| 9.2 - Provide a means of skipping past repetitive navigation links. |
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| 9.3 - Avoid using small links. |
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| 9.4 - Ensure that same-page links move keyboard focus as well as screen focus. |
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| 10.1 - Provide labels or titles for all form fields. |
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| 10.2 - Provide legends for groups of form fields. |
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| 10.3 - Ensure that form fields are in a logical tab order. |
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| 10.4 - Avoid placing non-focusable text between form fields. |
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| 10.5 - Ensure that text in form fields can be enlarged. |
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| 11.1 - Identify a header cell for each column and row in simple data tables. |
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| 11.2 - Identify relationships in complex data tables using id and headers attributes. |
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| 11.3 - Provide summary attributes for data tables. |
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| 12.1 - Provide concise, unique, and understandable titles for frames. |
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| 12.2 - Avoid using hidden, empty, or non-essential frames. |
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| 13.1 - Ensure that scripted functions are usable with assistive technologies. |
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| 13.2 - Ensure that significant interactions can be performed with both keyboard and mouse. |
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| 13.3 - Avoid changing focus unexpectedly. |
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| 13.4 - Avoid changing content unexpectedly |
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| 14.1 - Use accessible embedded objects whenever possible. |
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| 14.2 - If an inaccessible embedded object must be used, provide an accessible alternative that includes the same content and functionality. |
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| 15.1 - Provide natively accessible downloadable documents whenever possible. |
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| 15.2 - If a downloadable document cannot be made natively accessible, provide an accessible alternative that includes the same content and functionality. |
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| 16.1 - Notify users of time limits and provide a means to extend time if possible. |
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| 16.2 - Do not automatically refresh the current page. |
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| 17.1 - When using tables for layout, ensure that reading order is logical. |
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| 17.2 - When using style sheets for layout, ensure that reading order is logical. |
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| 17.3 - Avoid horizontal scrolling. |
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| 18.1 - Use separate accessible versions only as a last resort. |
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Note: The standards listed above are based on Section 508 Standards for web-based intranet and internet information and applications (ยง 1194.22) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0, Priorities 1
and 2.