Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Metadata
- Data that provides structured information about other data or digital content. In accessibility, metadata plays a critical role in describing the accessibility features and characteristics of digital resources — for example, indicating whether a document has alternative text for…
- Metadata Repository(also: Metadata Store, Metadata Registry)
- A server-side system that stores and serves descriptive data about other resources — in accessibility contexts, typically information about web pages or their elements that helps assistive technology render them more usably. A metadata repository lets multiple tools share the…
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