requirement: A long description is used for each img element that does not have Alt text conveying the same information as the image.
error: img element may require a long description.
description: img element must contain a longdesc attribute.
rationale: Complex images require a long description if the image is not described within the document. If the image does require a long description, then create the description file and link to it using the longdesc attribute.
requirement: For all img elements, text does not refer to the image by color alone.
error: Image may be using color alone.
description: This error is generated for all img elements that have a width and height greater than 100.
rationale: You should not describe an image, or part of an image, using color alone. For example, when referring to a photograph, you should not say “my son is wearing a red coat”. Instead say “my son is third from the left wearing a red coat”.
description: This error is generated for each title element.
rationale: All contents, including individual frames in a frameset, should have a title element that defines, in a simple phrase, the purpose of the content.
requirement: Words and phrases not in the document’s primary language are marked.
error: Words or phrases that are not in the document’s primary language may not be identified.
description: If the body element contains more than 10 characters (English) then this error will be generated.
rationale: If you use a number of different languages on a page, make sure that any changes in language are clearly identified by use of the lang attribute.
requirement: Table markup is used for all tabular information.
error: Tabular information may be missing table markup.
description: The objective of this technique is to present tabular information in a way that preserves relationships within the information even when users cannot see the table or the presentation format is changed.
requirement: All text references do not use shape, size, or relative position alone.
error: Text may refer to items by shape, size, or relative position alone.
description: Items within a Web unit are referenced in the content not only by shape, size or location, but also in ways that do not depend on visual perception.
requirement: All groups of links with a related purpose are marked.
error: Groups of links with a related purpose are not marked.
description: When links are grouped into logical sets (for example, in a navigation bar or main menu that appears on every page in a site) they should be marked up as a unit.
requirement: All form submission error messages identify any empty required fields.
error: Form submission error messages may not identify empty required fields.
description: Helps the user to visualize how content has been structured and how to navigate back to previous Web units, and may identify the current location within a series of Web units.
requirement: Unicode right-to-left marks or left-to-right marks are used whenever the HTML bidirectional algorithm produces undesirable results.
error: Unicode right-to-left marks or left-to-right marks may be required.
description: Use Unicode right-to-left marks and left-to-right marks to override the HTML bidirectional algorithm when it produces undesirable results. This may be necessary, for instance, when placing neutral characters such as spaces or punctuation between different directional text runs.
requirement: All changes in text direction are marked using the dir attribute.
error: dir attribute may be required to identify changes in text direction.
description: Identify changes in the text direction of text that includes nested directional runs by providing the dir attribute on inline elements. A nested directional run is a run of text that includes mixed directional text, for example, a paragraph in English containing a quoted Hebrew sentence which in turn includes a quotation in French.