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Reword informative prose in the Introduction and Scope sections #131

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There are currently many products available which aid their users in testing web content for conformance to accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.0. As the web develops and grows in both size and complexity, these tools are essential for managing the accessibility of resources available on the web. There are currently many products available which aid their users in testing web content for conformance to accessibility standards such as WCAG 2.0. As the web develops and grows in both size and complexity, these tools are essential for managing the accessibility of resources available on the web.


This format is intended to provide a consistent interpretation of how to test for accessibility requirements so as to avoid conflicting results of accessibility tests. It is intended for both manual accessibility tests as well as for automated testing done through accessibility test tools (ATTs). This format is intended to enable a consistent interpretation of how to test for accessibility requirements so as to avoid conflicting results of accessibility tests. It is intended to be applicable to describe both manual accessibility tests as well as automated testing done through accessibility test tools (ATTs).


Describing how to test certain accessibility requirements will result in accessibility tests that are transparent with test results that are reproducible. The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format defines the requirements of these test descriptions, known as Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules (ACT Rules). Describing how to test certain accessibility requirements will result in accessibility tests that are transparent with test results that are reproducible. The Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format defines the requirements of these test descriptions, known as Accessibility Conformance Testing Rules (ACT Rules).




Scope {#scope} Scope {#scope}
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The ACT Rules Format scope is focused on the development of ACT Rules for the conformance testing of content created using web technologies, such as HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA, SVG and more, including digital publishing. The ACT Rules Format, however, is designed to be technology agnostic, meaning it has no specific technology in mind. This also means that the ACT Rules Format could conceivably be used for other technologies. The ACT Rules Format defined in this specification is focused on the description of rules applicable to content created using web technologies, such as HTML, CSS, WAI-ARIA, SVG and more, including digital publishing. The ACT Rules Format, however, is designed to be technology agnostic, meaning it has no specific technology in mind. This also means that the ACT Rules Format could conceivably be used for other technologies.


Accessibility requirements such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which is specifically designed for web content, can be tested using ACT Rules. For instance, the ACT Rules Format can be used to describe ACT Rules dedicated to testing the accessibility requirements defined in the Web Content Accessbility Guidelines, which are specifically designed for web content.


Other accessibility requirements that may be applicable to web technologies should also be testable with ACT Rules. For example, the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 is applicable to web-based user agents, for which ACT Rules could be developed, but other technologies can also be used to develop User Agents, which are not web-based. Because some accessibility requirements may be applicable to technologies other than web technologies, the ACT Rules Format may not be suitable for every part of these accessibility requirement. Other accessibility requirements applicable to web technologies could also be testable with ACT Rules. For example, ACT Rules could be developed to test the conformance of web-based user agents to the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines. However, the ACT Rules Format would not necessarily be suitable to describe tests for the conformance of a non-web-based user agent.




ACT Rule Structure {#structure} ACT Rule Structure {#structure}
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