ATAG as JSON

This is meant to be like WCAG as JSON but for ATAG.

Relevant Links

• atag-as-json - npm
• ATAG Quick Reference GitHub repo

Structure

The structure of the JSON file closely mirrors the ATAG Standard itself:

• There are 2 Parts of ATAG
• Each Part has the 2 Principles of WCAG (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and robust)
• Each Principle has Guidelines
• Each Guideline has Success Criteria

In this JSON format the Success Criteria have been broken down further:

• Special Cases - additional considerations on the applicability of the SC. There are 3 types of special cases
  • exception - the special case, if satisfied, creates an exception whereby the SC does not apply
  • at_least_one - at least one of the special cases must apply
  • all_true - all of the special cases must apply
• Notes - any other notes that accompany the Success Criterion
• The Level of a Success Criterion is either A, AA, AA, or A,AA,AAA meaning the SC corresponds to the desired level of WCAG conformance.

A full ATAG SC Entry looks like this:

{
	"ref_id" : "A.4.2.1",
	"title" : "Describe Accessibility Features",
	"description" : "For each authoring tool feature that is used to meet Part A of ATAG 2.0, at least one of the following is true:",
	"level" : "A",
	"url_fragment" : "sc_a421",
	"notes": [{"content" : "The accessibility of the documentation is covered by Guideline A.1.1 and Guideline A.1.2."}],
	"special_cases" : 
	[
		{
		       	"type": "at_least_one",
       			"title": "Described in the Documentation",
	       		"description": "Use of the feature is explained in the authoring tool's documentation;"
		},
		{
		      	"type": "at_least_one",
			"title": "Described in the Interface",
			"description": "Use of the feature is explained in the authoring tool user interface;"
		},
		{
			"type": "at_least_one",
			"title": "Platform Service",
			"description": "The feature is a service provided by an underlying platform;"
		},
		{
			"type": "at_least_one",
			"title": "Not Used by Authors",
			"description": "The feature is not used directly by authors (e.g. passing information to a platform accessibility service)."
		}
	]
},

License

The JSON formatted document has an MIT license.

This software or document includes material copied from or derived from Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 https://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/. Copyright © 2015 W3C® (MIT, ERCIM, Keio, Beihang).