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HTML Markup Details
langattribute- The default language must be defined using the
langattribute on thehtmlelement. - The
langattribute can be used on almost all html elements to define the intended language of the text content of the element, and is used by assistive technologies to change the voice synthesis language. - Two-character character codes from a language value registry are used as the value of
langattribute. xml:langattribute- If an xhtml DOCTYPE is used the for the page, the
xml:langattribute should be defined to specify the default language, although at this point in time assistive technology does not use this information to change the voice synthesis language. - Two-character character codes from a language value registry are used as the value of
xml:langattribute.
Accessibility Evaluation Rules
| no. | Testing | Description | Implementation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAE |
Firefox Accessibility Extension |
|||
| 1 | Fail/Pass |
Each page must have a Implementation Notes
|
1.0 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Check |
If there is text content within a page that is different than the default language of the page, the |
NI | NI |
FAE Rule Implemetation
- Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator 1.0
- The Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator is a web based tool to help developers evaluate web resources for the use of the iCITA HTML best practices.
- Web interface cannot currently analyze content generated dynamically with javascript.
- Illinois Firefox Accessibility Extension
- The Illinois Firefox Accessibility Extension is a Firefox add-in that is designed to identify accessibility features for both static and dynamically generated html content.
- Useful for identifying the location of specific accessibility problems for failures and warnings indentified in FAE reports.
- Create FAE reports for a page that uses javascript to generate page content with the FAE DHTML Report feature.