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The programatically determined name of a user interface element that is included in the accessibility tree.

The accessible name is calculated using the [accessible name computation](https://www.w3.org/TR/accname).
The accessible name is calculated using the [accessible name and description computation](https://www.w3.org/TR/accname).

For native markup languages, such as HTML and SVG, additional information on how to calculate the accessible name can be found in https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aam/#accessible-name-and-description-computation and https://www.w3.org/TR/svg-aam/#mapping_additional.
For native markup languages, such as HTML and SVG, additional information on how to calculate the accessible name can be found in [HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0, Accessible Name and Description Computation](https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aam/#accessible-name-and-description-computation] and [SVG Accessibility API Mappings, Name and Description](https://www.w3.org/TR/svg-aam/#mapping_additional).