coverage.md

BBC A11y Test Coverage

bbc-a11y tests URLs against the BBC Mobile Accessibility Guidelines. This is a summary of those guidelines and the level of test coverage currently provided.

Guidelines

Guideline	Manual	Semi-automated	Automated
Principles	No	No	Yes
Audio & Video: Alternatives for audio and visual content	Yes	No	No
Audio & Video: Autoplay	Yes	No	No
Audio & Video: Metadata	Yes	No	No
Audio & Video: Volume control	Yes	No	No
Audio & Video: Audio conflict	Yes	No	No
Design: Colour contrast	Yes	No	No
Design: Colour and meaning	Yes	No	No
Design: Styling and readability	Yes	No	No
Design: Touch target size	Yes	No	No
Design: Spacing	Yes	No	No
Design: Content resizing	Yes	No	Yes
Design: Actionable elements	Yes	No	No
Design: Visible focus	Yes	No	Yes
Design: Consistency	Yes	No	No
Design: Choice	Yes	No	No
Design: Adjustability	Yes	No	No
Design: Flicker	Yes	No	No
Editorial: Consistent labelling	Yes	No	No
Editorial: Indicating language	Yes	No	Yes
Editorial: Instructions	Yes	No	No
Focus: Focusable elements	Yes	No	Yes
Focus: Keyboard trap	Yes	No	No
Focus: Content order	Yes	No	No
Focus: Focus order	Yes	No	No
Focus: User interactions	Yes	No	No
Focus: Alternative input methods	Yes	No	No
Forms: Labelling form controls	No	No	Yes
Forms: Form inputs	Yes	No	No
Forms: Form layout	Yes	No	No
Forms: Grouping form elements	Yes	No	No
Forms: Managing focus	Yes	No	Yes
Images: Images of text	Yes	No	No
Images: Background images	Yes	No	No
Links: Descriptive links	Yes	No	No
Links: Links to alternative formats	Yes	No	No
Links: Combining repeated links	Yes	No	No
Notifications: Inclusive notifications	Yes	No	No
Notifications: Standard operating system notifications	Yes	No	No
Notifications: Error messages and correction	Yes	No	No
Notifications: Feedback and assistance	Yes	No	No
Scripts and dynamic content: Progressive functionality	Yes	No	No
Scripts and dynamic content: Controlling media	Yes	No	No
Scripts and dynamic content: Page refreshes	Yes	No	No
Scripts and dynamic content: Timeouts	Yes	No	No
Scripts and dynamic content: Input control	Yes	No	No
Structure: Unique page/screen titles	Yes	Yes	No
Structure: Headings	No	No	Yes
Structure: Containers and landmarks	Yes	No	Yes
Structure: Grouped elements	Yes	No	No
Text equivalents: Alternatives for non-text content	Yes	No	Yes
Text equivalents: Decorative content	Yes	No	No
Text equivalents: Tooltips and supplementary information	Yes	No	Yes
Text equivalents: Roles, traits and properties	Yes	No	No
Text equivalents: Visual formatting	Yes	No	Yes

Tests

Principles

Test Name	Test Type
All documents must have a W3C recommended doctype	automated
Markup must validate against doctype	automated
Anchors must have hrefs	automated

Audio & Video: Alternatives for audio and visual content

Test Name	Test Type
Alternative delivery for embedded media must be provided	manual

Audio & Video: Autoplay

Test Name	Test Type
Audio must not play automatically without controls	manual

Audio & Video: Metadata

Test Name	Test Type
Relevant metadata should be provided for all media	manual

Audio & Video: Volume control

Test Name	Test Type
Volume controls should be provided for interactive media	manual

Audio & Video: Audio conflict

Test Name	Test Type
Narrative audio should not conflict with assistive technology	manual

Design: Colour contrast

Test Name	Test Type
Colour combinations must pass the WCAG colour contrast check	manual

Design: Colour and meaning

Test Name	Test Type
Information conveyed with colour must also be identifiable from context or markup	manual

Design: Styling and readability

Test Name	Test Type
Core content must be accessible when styling is removed	manual

Design: Touch target size

Test Name	Test Type
Touch targets must be large enough to touch accurately	manual

Design: Spacing

Test Name	Test Type
An inactive space should be provided around actionable elements	manual

Design: Content resizing

Test Name	Test Type
Content must be visible and usable with page zoomed to 200% of normal	manual
Content must be visible and usable with text resized to 200% of normal	manual
Text must be styled with units that are resizable in all browsers	automated
Text cannot be too small	automated

Design: Actionable elements

Test Name	Test Type
Editorial links must be self-evident	manual

Design: Visible focus

Test Name	Test Type
Focused elements must visibly change state	manual
Elements must be visible on focus	automated

Design: Consistency

Test Name	Test Type
User experience should be consistent	manual

Design: Choice

Test Name	Test Type
Interfaces must provide multiple ways to interact with content	manual

Design: Adjustability

Test Name	Test Type
Interactive media should be adjustable for user ability and preference	manual

Design: Flicker

Test Name	Test Type
Content must not flicker or flash	manual

Editorial: Consistent labelling

Test Name	Test Type
Consistent labelling should be used	manual

Editorial: Indicating language

Test Name	Test Type
Html must have lang attribute	automated
Changes to language must be indicated	manual

Editorial: Instructions

Test Name	Test Type
Additional instructions should be provided	manual

Focus: Focusable elements

Test Name	Test Type
Interactive elements must be focusable	manual
Zero tab index must only be set on elements which are focusable by default	automated

Focus: Keyboard trap

Test Name	Test Type
There must not be a keyboard trap	manual

Focus: Content order

Test Name	Test Type
Content order must be logical	manual

Focus: Focus order

Test Name	Test Type
Actionable content must be navigable in a meaningful sequence	manual

Focus: User interactions

Test Name	Test Type
Actions must be triggered when appropriate	manual

Focus: Alternative input methods

Test Name	Test Type
Alternative input methods must be supported	manual

Forms: Labelling form controls

Test Name	Test Type
Fields must have labels or titles	automated

Forms: Form inputs

Test Name	Test Type
A default input format must be indicated and supported	manual

Forms: Form layout

Test Name	Test Type
Labels must be close and laid out appropriately	manual

Forms: Grouping form elements

Test Name	Test Type
Controls, labels, and other form elements must be properly grouped	manual

Forms: Managing focus

Test Name	Test Type
Focus or context must not automatically change during user input	manual
Forms must have submit buttons	automated

Images: Images of text

Test Name	Test Type
Images of text should be avoided	manual

Images: Background images

Test Name	Test Type
Meaningful background images must have accessible alternatives	manual

Links: Descriptive links

Test Name	Test Type
Link and navigation text must uniquely describe the target or function	manual

Links: Links to alternative formats

Test Name	Test Type
Links to alternative formats must indicate that an alternative is opening	manual

Links: Combining repeated links

Test Name	Test Type
Repeated links to the same resource must be combined	manual

Notifications: Inclusive notifications

Test Name	Test Type
Notifications must be both visible and audible	manual

Notifications: Standard operating system notifications

Test Name	Test Type
Prefer standard operating system notifications	manual

Notifications: Error messages and correction

Test Name	Test Type
Clear error messages must be provided	manual

Notifications: Feedback and assistance

Test Name	Test Type
Non-critical feedback or assistance should be provided when appropriate	manual

Scripts and dynamic content: Progressive functionality

Test Name	Test Type
Scripts and dynamic content must be built in a progressive manner	manual

Scripts and dynamic content: Controlling media

Test Name	Test Type
Media that updates and animation must have a pause, stop or hide control	manual

Scripts and dynamic content: Page refreshes

Test Name	Test Type
Automatic page refreshes must not be used without warning	manual

Scripts and dynamic content: Timeouts

Test Name	Test Type
Timed responses must be adjustable	manual

Scripts and dynamic content: Input control

Test Name	Test Type
Interaction input control should be adaptable	manual

Structure: Unique page/screen titles

Test Name	Test Type
Page titles must be uniquely and clearly identifiable	manual
Title element must identify main content	semi-automated

Structure: Headings

Test Name	Test Type
Headings must be in ascending order	automated
Exactly one main heading	automated
Content must follow headings	automated

Structure: Containers and landmarks

Test Name	Test Type
Containers should be used to describe page structure	manual
Exactly one main landmark	automated

Structure: Grouped elements

Test Name	Test Type
Grouped interface elements must be represented as a single component	manual

Text equivalents: Alternatives for non-text content

Test Name	Test Type
Alternatives must briefly describe editorial intent	manual
Images must have alt attributes	automated

Text equivalents: Decorative content

Test Name	Test Type
Decorative images must be hidden from assistive technology	manual

Text equivalents: Tooltips and supplementary information

Test Name	Test Type
Tooltips must not repeat link text or other alternatives	manual
Title attributes only on inputs	automated
Title attributes must not duplicate content	automated

Text equivalents: Roles, traits and properties

Test Name	Test Type
Elements must have accessibility properties set appropriately	manual

Text equivalents: Visual formatting

Test Name	Test Type
Visual formatting alone must not be used to convey meaning	manual
Use tables for data	automated