Accessibility Requirements

Requirement Set Name: Accessibility Guidelines

Description:

The PoetsBar is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. This website endeavors to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.

Requirements

1. Site code is compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS.
2. Page titles are coded as title in the head of each webpage.
   i. The page title describes the content of the page.
   ii. Each page title is different from other pages on the website.
   iii. Each page title adequately distinguishes the page from other web pages.
3. Every image includes alt in the markup.
   i. Alternative text is used for images that conveys information useful for understanding page content.
   ii. Images that are solely decorative include null alt (alt="").
4. The heading hierarchy is meaningful.
   i. All pages have at least one heading.
   ii. All text that looks like a heading is marked up as a heading.
   iii. All text marked up as a heading is a conceptual section heading.
5. Web pages have a minimum contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal-size text.
6. Text elements can be resized in browser.
   i. Text doesn't disappear or get cut off when resized.
   ii. Buttons are visible and usable when resized.
   iii. Form fields are visible and usable when resized. iv. Controls are visible and usable when resized.
   v. Horizontal scrolling is not required to read sentences when resized.
   vi. Text does not overlap when resized.
   vii. Images do not overlap when resized.
   viii. Other content does not overlap when resized.
7. All content and functionality are accessible through a keyboard.