Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- OOXML(also: Open Office XML, Office Open XML, ECMA-376)
- An XML-based file format standard for representing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and charts in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Introduced in Office 2007, OOXML files use extensions like .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx. For accessibility, the XML…
- 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…
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)(also: OCR, Text Recognition)
- Technology that converts images of text — such as scanned documents, photographs of signs, or PDF pages stored as images — into machine-readable text that can be processed by screen readers, search engines, and other software. OCR is a critical tool for making scanned documents…
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