Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Page Landmarks(also: ARIA Landmarks, Landmark Regions, Landmark Roles)
- Named regions of a web page that identify its high-level structure — for example banner, navigation, main, complementary, search, form, contentinfo — so that assistive technology can expose them as jump targets. Landmarks are typically declared with semantic HTML elements…
- Pedestrian Accessibility(also: Sidewalk Accessibility, Walkability)
- The degree to which outdoor pedestrian infrastructure — sidewalks, crosswalks, curb cuts, ramps, stairs, and pathways — enables people with diverse mobility needs to travel safely and independently on foot or using mobility devices. Pedestrian accessibility is affected by…
- Project Sidewalk
- An open-source web-based crowdsourcing tool developed at the University of Washington that enables volunteers to virtually audit sidewalk accessibility using Google Street View panoramas. Contributors label four types of accessibility features and problems: curb ramps, missing…
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