Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Compound Document(also: Compound Web Document, Multi-format Document)
- A compound document is a single deliverable that seamlessly combines content in multiple formats — for example, an HTML page that embeds a Flash movie, an SVG graphic, an MathML expression, and a video player — each with its own internal document object model. Compound documents…
- DocBook(also: DocBook XML)
- An XML-based markup language designed for technical documentation and publishing, providing a semantic vocabulary for books, articles, and other prose documents. DocBook separates content from presentation, allowing the same source document to be transformed into multiple output…
- Document Engineering(also: Document Design, Document Processing)
- Document engineering is the discipline concerned with the principles, tools, and processes for creating, managing, transforming, and presenting documents in ways that optimise their use across different contexts and audiences. In accessibility, document engineering encompasses…
- OpenDocument Format(also: ODF, OASIS ODF)
- An open, XML-based file format standard for office documents maintained by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). ODF includes specifications for text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics. It incorporates accessibility…
- PDF Form(also: PDF Fillable Form, Interactive PDF Form, AcroForm)
- A PDF document that contains interactive form fields — text boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, signatures, dropdowns — that users can fill in and submit electronically, rather than a static PDF meant only for reading. PDF forms are widely used for government applications,…
- XML(also: Extensible Markup Language)
- A markup language designed by the W3C for encoding structured data in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. Unlike HTML, which has a fixed set of tags focused on presentation, XML allows authors to define custom tags that describe the meaning and structure…
- ePub(also: Electronic Publication, EPUB)
- An open standard file format for digital publications and documents, maintained by the W3C. ePub is significant for accessibility because it supports reflowable content that adapts to different screen sizes and user preferences, semantic markup through XHTML and CSS, and…
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