Term | Main definition |
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Widget | Discrete user interface object with which the user can interact. |
User Agent | Any software that retrieves, renders and facilitates end user interaction with Web content. |
Understandable | Presentable to users in ways they can construct an appropriate meaning. |
Taxonomy | A hierarchical definition of how the characteristics of various classes relate to each other, in which classes inherit the properties of superclasses in the hierarchy. |
State | A state is a dynamic property expressing characteristics of an object that may change in response to user action or automated processes. |
Role | Main indicator of type. |
Relationship | A connection between two distinct things. Relationships may be of various types to indicate which object labels another, controls another, etc. |
Property | Attributes that are essential to the nature of a given object, or that represent a data value associated with the object. |
Perceivable | Presentable to users in ways they can sense. |
Owned Element | Any DOM descendant of the element, any element specified as a child via aria-owns, or any DOM descendant of the owned child. |
Operable | Usable by users in ways they can control. |
Ontology | A description of the characteristics of classes and how they relate to each other. |
Object | In the context of user interfaces, an item in the perceptual user experience, represented in markup languages by one or more elements, and rendered by user agents. |
Normative | Required for conformance. By contrast, content identified as informative or "non-normative" is not required for conformance. |
Nemeth Braille | The Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics is a braille code for encoding mathematical and scientific notation. |