Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Image Accessibility(also: Visual Content Accessibility)
- The practice of making images perceivable and understandable to people who cannot see them, primarily through alternative text descriptions. Image accessibility is a foundational requirement of WCAG (Success Criterion 1.1.1) and involves providing text alternatives that convey…
- Information Graphics(also: Infographics, Data Graphics, Statistical Graphics)
- Visual representations of data, information, or knowledge designed to present complex information quickly and clearly. Common types include bar charts, line graphs, pie charts, scatter plots, and more complex visualizations. Information graphics pose significant accessibility…
- Intermedia(also: Intermedia Representation)
- Intermedia refers to a framework for information representation that supports diverse, adaptable, and flexible presentation modes, allowing the same content to be accessed through multiple alternative forms suited to individual needs and capabilities. Unlike multimedia (which…
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