Accessibility Standards

Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1

ACT Rules Format 1.1 (W3C Recommendation, February 2026) establishes a standardized format for documenting accessibility conformance testing rules. The framework supports automated, semi-automated, and manual testing and is used to create transparent, interoperable accessibility testing methodologies aligned with WCAG.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
WCAG ACT Rules Repository

Other Resources

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Specification
https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/

API entry from apis.yml

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name: Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Rules Format 1.1
description: ACT Rules Format 1.1 (W3C Recommendation, February 2026) establishes a standardized format
  for documenting accessibility conformance testing rules. The framework supports automated, semi-automated,
  and manual testing and is used to create transparent, interoperable accessibility testing methodologies
  aligned with WCAG.
humanURL: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/
baseURL: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
tags:
- ACT
- Testing
- Conformance
- W3C
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/w3c/wcag-act-rules
  title: WCAG ACT Rules Repository